Zamir and Teichman on Behavioral Law & Economics
Lawrence Solum, Legal Theory Blog
Eyal Zamir and Doron Teichman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Law and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Law) have posted Behavioral Law and Economics - Introduction (Behavioral Law and Economics, Oxford University Press, 2018) on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: In the past few decades, economic analysis of law has been challenged by a growing body of experimental and empirical studies that attest to prevalent and systematic deviations from the assumptions of economic rationality....

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English Justice for an American Company?
Beth Graham, Disputing
Christopher C. French, Professor of Practice at Penn State Law, has published “English Justice for an American Company?,” 97 Tex. L. Rev. Online __ (2018).  In his scholarly work, Professor French discusses arbitrator neutrality in the context of a United Kingdom insurance dispute related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Here is the abstract: This Essay addresses the Halliburton Co. v. Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd. case, which is pending...

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There is no Cause of Action in Texas for Intentional Interference with an Inheritance
Gerry W. Beyer, Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
On June 22, 2018, the Texas Supreme Court ruled on Archer v Anderson, No. 16-0256, 2018 Tex. LEXIS 611. Provided below is a summary...

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