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Texas A&M University School of Law’s Program in Law and Social Science promotes the application of social science and empirical methods to the study of law and legal institutions. The faculty affiliated with the program use economics, psychology, political science, and other social science research and methods to analyze the legal system and public policy. Professors Gary Lucas and Milan Markovic are co-conveners of the Program.
November 16-17, 2018
February 15, 2019
April 20, 2018 In Spring 2018, the Law and Social Sciences Program sponsored a workshop to promote interdisciplinary legal scholarship in Texas. The workshop brought together scholars from various disciplines, including economics, political science, and law, that hail from universities throughout the state. Workshop event details available here
Conference on Facilitating Empirical Studies of Judicial Behavior on Constitutional Courts from a Comparative Perspective May 11-12, 2018 The Texas A&M University School of Law Program in Law and Social Science hosted a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded conference on “Facilitating Empirical Studies of Judicial Behavior on Constitutional Courts from a Comparative Perspective” on May 11-12, 2018. The conference brought together an interdisciplinary group of scholars who study high courts from a comparative perspective. Conference participants included esteemed political scientists, economists, sociologists and legal scholars from around the world and doctoral students from across the country. The goal of the conference was to develop a path forward for larger-scale empirical research on national high courts. The participants assembled a collection of existing data and resources, discussed strategies for extending data availability and comparability across national systems, and encouraged collaborations among researchers.
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The Program sponsors a speaker series that brings distinguished interdisciplinary scholars to the law school to present their work and to interact with faculty and students.
2017-18 Schedule of Speakers:
September 20
Lawrence B. Solum
Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
February 7
Joshua Wright
University Professor, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
March 27
Richard McAdams
Bernard D. Meltzer Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School