"Preface" [2016] ELECD 322; in Eisenberg, Theodore; Ramello, B. Giovanni (eds), "Comparative Law and Economics" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) ix

Book Title: Comparative Law and Economics

Editor(s): Eisenberg, Theodore; Ramello, B. Giovanni

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857932570

Section Title: Preface

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

preface


this book is the result of the meeting ­ and the ensuing friendship ­
between ted eisenberg and myself. our meeting took place several years
ago, in turin, at the ieL program in Comparative analysis of institutions,
economics and Law, which i had (and still have) the privilege to chair, and
with which ted enthusiastically cooperated for many years.
it has always been a great source of pride and honor to me that, in
his Cv, ted listed his ieL affiliation second, directly after Cornell Law
school. i never believed, even for a moment, that this was mere flattery,
because it was matched by his tireless dedication to the program, from
both an educational and research point of view. many students were fas-
cinated by his courses on empirical legal studies, and subsequently gravi-
tated toward empirical analysis in their doctoral research. even i, despite
coming from the theoretical side of economics, was somehow `infected' by
his contagious enthusiasm for empirical studies on legal institutions, to the
point that these now represent a consistent part of the current research i
am conducting with other colleagues. in fact, ted and i had in progress a
number of joint projects on the empirics of the judiciary, to be done with
some of `our' ieL doctors. the team is now trying to continue this work
which unfortunately cannot be completed all together.
during the course of our collaboration at ieL, ted and i also started
to talk about comparative law and economics. in a ...