Lisa Bernstein is a lawyer and law professor. She currently serves as the Wilson-Dickinson Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. Her work is in the field of law and economics and she is the co-editor of the textbook Customary Law and Economics.

Education

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In 1986, Bernstein earned a BA in economics from the University of Chicago, where she was Phi Beta Kappa, then a JD from Harvard Law School in 1990. At Harvard she was a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economic, receiving a stipend and faculty mentorship to write a research paper in the field.[1] She credits this opportunity with launching her academic career, as the resulting paper distinguished her in the pool of applicants for her first academic post.[1]

Career

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Bernstein was on faculty at Boston University (beginning in 1991) and Georgetown University (beginning in 1995) before joining the University of Chicago faculty in 1998.[2] She is Wilson-Dickinson Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.[3]

With Francesco Parisi, Bernstein edited Customary Law and Economics (Edward Elgar, 2014).

Publications

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  • Bernstein, Lisa (January 1992), "Opting out of the Legal System: Extralegal Contractual Relations in the Diamond Industry", The Journal of Legal Studies, 21 (1): 115–157, doi:10.1086/467902, S2CID 154616420115-157&rft.date=1992-01&rft_id=info:doi/10.1086/467902&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154616420#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Bernstein&rft.aufirst=Lisa&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Lisa Bernstein" class="Z3988">
  • Bernstein, Lisa (Summer 1999), "The Questionable Empirical Basis of Article 2's Incorporation Strategy: A Preliminary Study", The University of Chicago Law Review, 66 (3): 710–780, doi:10.2307/1600425, JSTOR 1600425710-780&rft.date=1999&rft_id=info:doi/10.2307/1600425&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1600425#id-name=JSTOR&rft.aulast=Bernstein&rft.aufirst=Lisa&rft_id=http://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1560&context=law_and_economics&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Lisa Bernstein" class="Z3988">
  • Ben-Shahar, Omri; Bernstein, Lisa (2000). "The Secrecy Interest in Contract Law". The Yale Law Journal. 109 (8): 1885–1925. doi:10.2307/797510. ISSN 0044-0094. JSTOR 797510. Retrieved December 22, 2020.1885-1925&rft.date=2000&rft.issn=0044-0094&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/797510#id-name=JSTOR&rft_id=info:doi/10.2307/797510&rft.aulast=Ben-Shahar&rft.aufirst=Omri&rft.au=Bernstein, Lisa&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/797510&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Lisa Bernstein" class="Z3988">

References

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  1. ^ a b Stern, Seth (August 16, 2010). "The Olin Advantage". Harvard Law Today. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "Lisa Bernstein | The Federalist Society". fedsoc.org. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Lisa Bernstein". law.uchicago.edu. University of Chicago Law School. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
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  • Lectures on the "Myth of the Law Merchant”