Academic CV
Ben Depoorter is a graduate of Yale Law School (LL.M., 2003). He also holds a J.D. and Ph.d from Ghent University and a Master’s degree from Hamburg University. Before he began teaching law, Professor Depoorter served as an editor of the of the Yale Journal of Regulation and conducted research as a John M. Olin Fellow in Law, Economics, and Public Policy at Yale Law School. He was a Santander Research Fellow at U.C. Berkeley and a recipient of BAEF and Fulbright scholarships.
Professor Depoorter has authored over twenty scholarly publications, including recent and forthcoming articles in Duke Law Journal, Oregon Law Review, Supreme Court Economic Review, International Review of Law and Economics, and the Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics. Over recent years he has presented his writings at conferences and seminars at Yale Law School, Duke Law School, U.C. Berkeley, Univ. of Toronto Law School, Univ. of Texas School of Law, George Mason Law School, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Law, and Boston University School of Law.
Professor Depoorter’s research focus is on intellectual property law, the role of litigation and settlements in society, and the impact of technological developments on legal change.
Academic Bio
Education
- J.S.D. - Yale Law School - '07-08
- LL.M. - Yale Law School - '03
- Ph.d. - Ghent - '03
- M.A. - Hamburg University - '99
- J.D. - Ghent - '98
Courses
Areas of Expertise
- Intellectual Property Law
- Property Law
- Litigation and Settlements
- Impact of the Internet on Copyright Law
Works in progress/under review
Technology & Torts: A Theory of Memory Costs, Nondurable Precautions and Interference Effects (w/ Jef Demot)
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Allowing Plaintiffs to Select Damage Multipliers: A Proposal to Increase Access to Justice (w/Jef Demot)
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Gentle Nudges v.Hard Shoves: Norms and Enforcement of Copyright Law (w/ Alain Van Hiel & S. Vanneste)
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Law in the Shadow of Bargaining: The Precedent Effect of Settlement
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Means End Litigation: Losing the Case, Winning the Battle
Precedent Filters and Stare Decision (w/Jef Demot)
Accidents in the Attention Economy: New Laws or Old Remedies?
Seeing the wood for the trees: The accuracy of intuitive versus deliberative judgements in detecting non-cooperative behavior (w/ Jan Verplaetse & Sven Vanneste)
Representative Publications
The Shaping Effect of Uncertainty on Copyright Law: Technology, Social Norms and the Optimal Timing of Lawmaking , 157 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW, forthcoming (2008).
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Never Two Without Three: Commons, Anticommons and Semicommons , __ REVIEW OF LAW & ECONOMICS , forthcoming (2008)
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Horizontal Political Externalities: the Supply and Demand of Disaster Management , 56 DUKE. L.J . 101 (2006).
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From 'Tragedy' to 'Disaster': Welfare Effects of Commons and Anticommons Dilemmas , 26(1) INT. REV. OF LAW & ECON.. 104 (2006) (with Sven Vanneste, Alain Van Hiel, Francesco Parisi).
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Whistle Blowing: An Economic Analysis of the Federal Claims Act, 14 SUPREME COURT ECON. REV. 135 (with Jef De Mot).
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Norms and Enforcement: The Case against Copyright Litigation, 84 (4) OREGON L. REV. 1127 (2006).
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Fair Use and Copyright Protection: A Price Theory Explanation , 21(4) INT. REV. OF LAW & ECON.. 453 (2002) (with Francesco Parisi).
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Litigation, Judicial Path-Dependence, and Legal Change 20 (1) EUROPEAN J. of LAW & ECON. 76 (2005). (w/ V. Fon & F. Parisi)
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Fragmentation of Property Rights: A Functional Explanation of Servitude Law , 3(1) GLOBAL JURIST FRONTIERS Article 2 (2003) (with Francesco Parisi).
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Fragmentation in Property: Towards a General Model , 159 JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL & INSTITUTIONAL ECON. 594 (2003) (with Francesco Parisi).
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