 
Professor
      Robert D. Cooter
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                        1945
      2025
      University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
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                                                                              Berkeley, CA
      Law and economics scholar; Educator
      Area
                                Social and Behavioral Sciences
                            Specialty
                                Law
                            Elected
                                    1999
                    research centers on applying economic theory to law. He has made fundamental contributions to torts, contracts, property law, legal process, economic development, and constitutional law. Recently used collective choice theory to recast constitutional jurisprudence in terms of the consequences of Supreme Court Decisions, and he has also used microeconomics to explore the connection between law and social norms.
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