Contents: Traditional Law and Economics: Contracts: Filling gaps in incomplete contracts: an economic theory of default rules, Ian Ayres and Robert Gertner. Torts: The boundaries of vicarious liability: an economic analysis of the scope of employment rule and related legal doctrines, Alan O. Sykes. Property: An economic analysis of copyright law, William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner. Criminal Law: The deterrent effect of capital punishment: a question of life and death, Isaac Ehrlich. Bankruptcy: A new approach to corporate reorganizations, Lucian Ayre Bebchuk. Procedure: A new theory concerning the credibility and success of threats to sue, Lucian Ayre Bebchuk Statutory Interpretation: Promoting public-regarding legislation through statutory interpretation: an interest group model, Jonathan R. Macey. Law and Wealth Redistribution: Why the legal system is less efficient than the income tax in redistributing income, Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell. Frontiers: Behavioral: A behavioral approach to law and economics, Cass R. Sunstein and Richard Thaler. Social Norms: Symbols, signals and social norms in politics and the law, Eric A. Posner. Positive Political Theory: The Article I section 7 game, William N. Eskridge Jr and John Ferejohn. Experimental: Fear and loathing in the Coase Theorem: experimental tests involving physical discomfort, Elizabeth Hoffman and Matthew L. Spitzer. Computer Models: Simple games in a complex world a generative approach to the adoption of norms, Randal C. Picker Name index.