The Murphy Institute

The Murphy Institute The Murphy Institute

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Law, Economics, and Policy Track

Courses in this concentration allow majors to explore various ways in which legal institutions and practices shape economic behavior. Since legal systems are designed to serve a multiplicity of ends, students are also exposed to the moral and political dimensions of the law.

Two of the following eight:

Economics

  • 3320 Urban Economics
  • 3330 Environment and Natural Resources
  • 3340 Government in the Economy
  • 3350 Law and Economics
  • 3970/3980 Special Studies in Economics
  • 4220 Industrial Organization
  • 4520 Economics of Public Expenditures
  • 4530 Economics of Taxation

Three of the following sixteen:

History

  • 3600 History of Early American Law
  • 6270 The Intellectual History of Capitalism

Philosophy

  • 3560 Social and Political Ethics
  • 3640 Philosophy of Law
  • 6540 Global Justice

Political Economy

  • 4040 Liberal Democratic Theory
  • 4140 Theories of Distributive Justice
  • 4190 Philosophy of Social Justice

Political Science

  • 3240 Public Policy
  • 4210 Law and Administration
  • 4240 Budgets and Deficits
  • 4250 Power and Poverty in America
  • 4270 Constitutional Law
  • 4800 Science, Technology, and Public Policy
  • 6290 Judicial Process

Sociology

  • 6800 Society and Economy