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Thus far, we have seen that many legal rules consist of general standards and thus generate some level of uncertainty. But is it possible to model this legal uncertainty or rule uncertainty in any formal or mathematical sense? In an … Continue reading →

In our previous post, we mentioned the distinction between “detection uncertainty” and “legal uncertainty.” Briefly, detection uncertainty refers to the risk or probability of getting caught and punished; legal uncertainty, by contrast, occurs when there is no bright line separating … Continue reading →

In our previous post, we asked: what is the optimal level of cheating in any given domain, such as business, dating, politics, sports, etc.? It turns out there is a long-standing literature on this problem, going back to such philosophical … Continue reading →

That is the subject of one of our ongoing research projects. Cheating occurs in many different domains: business, marriage, politics, sports, etc. In the business world, for example, fraud comes in many shapes and sizes, such as the massive manipulation … Continue reading →

In our previous posts (starting with this one), we have proposed an alternative method of voting on multi-member courts. Broadly speaking, we would replace “one-judge, one-vote” with a method of “bayesian voting” in which judges would rate the legal arguments of the parties by … Continue reading →

When the law is contested and a case is appealed to a higher court, the higher court must, at a minimum, make two decisions. First, it must decide whether the lower court committed any legal errors (Decision #1), and if … Continue reading →

We’ve been blogging (on and off) about the possibility of “bayesian voting” on multi-member courts. The idea is to use a sliding scale (from 0 to 1) to allow each judge to express his degree of confidence (or credence) in … Continue reading →

We interrupt our series of blog posts on bayesian voting to share the following link and table with our loyal followers: “There has been a long debate over single-payer versus multi-payer health insurance system. Which of these two systems is … Continue reading →

We continue our discussion of “bayesian voting” in this blog post. Previously, we conceded that bayesian voting is more complicated than simple majority voting (one-judge, one-vote), but we went on to argue that bayesian voting would be easy to operationalize … Continue reading →

We are taking a break from bayesian voting (see our last few blog posts) to share with our loyal followers our review of Nathan Oman’s book The Dignity of Commerce: Markets and the Moral Foundations of Contract Law (University of … Continue reading →