Announcement: The 18th Annual Meeting of the American Law and Economics Association

                        CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

                     THE EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING
                                OF THE
                 AMERICAN LAW AND ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION

                           May 16 - 17, 2008
                             New York City


      Researchers interested in law and economics and law and
      finance are invited to attend the annual meeting of the
      American Law and Economics Association. The annual meeting
      will bring together researchers from law schools, economics
      departments, business schools, and elsewhere to present and
      discuss current projects on a wide range of topics in law
      and economics and law and finance. During the meeting,
      sessions on different subjects will be held in parallel
      with the goal of enabling the presentation of a significant
      number of papers by a wide range of authors. The meeting
      this year will take place at Columbia Law School in New
      York City on May 16 and 17, 2008.


      OVERVIEW:

      The meeting this year will feature the presentation of
      about 135 papers in 45 3-paper sessions. Among the areas in
      which sessions will be held are:

      - Antitrust and Regulated Industries
      - Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
      - Behavioral Law and Economics
      - Civil Rights and Discrimination
      - Contracts
      - Commercial Law
      - Corporate Law and Corporate Governance: Policy and
        Theory
      - Corporate Law and Corporate Governance: Empirical
      - Corporate and Securities Law: Comparative and
        International
      - Securities Regulation, Financial Institutions, and
        Capital Markets Regulation
      - Theory of the Firm, including Non-Profits and
        Governmental Organizations
      - Criminal Law and Enforcement
      - Health Law
      - Family and Gender
      - Intellectual Property
      - International Law, International Trade, and Immigration
      - Labor and Employment Law
      - Law and Development
      - The Legal Process, including Litigation, Procedure,
        Evidence, Courts, and Lawyers
      - Negotiations and Deal-Making
      - Property
      - Political Economy/Public Choice
      - Public Law/Administrative Law
      - Taxation, Public Finance, and Social Welfare
      - Torts and Compensation Systems


      MORE INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

      The full program of the meeting, and information about
      registration, are available on the Association's website:

                   http://www.amlecon.org/
Posted 4/30/08