Presentation
Recent developments, such as the rise of big data, of large web based
giants or the new challenges raised by climate change or increasing
inequalities, cause an important paradigm shift in law and economics.
Such a shift raises numerous questions. Are our laws adequately
addressing the new needs of our societies? How do we rethink
competition law when players are growing larger and traditional
measures of concentration no longer apply? Should we rethink the
articulation between industrial and competition policy? How can we use
our economic tools and methods to assess and design rules and
regulations ? How does big data affect judicial decision
making ?
With the support of the Direction Scientifique under “La Soufflerie”,
the creation of the group « Droit et Economie dans une nouvelle ère »
aims at addressing these questions and generally treat subjects where
law and economics are intertwined. It will be an interdisciplinary
venture, building on the strengths of the economics department and the
law school at Sciences Po, but will ultimately involve the entire
Sciences Po community. The group will be organized around 3 main
themes:
Antitrust, Industrial and innovation policy in a new
era
Big data : consumer protection, predictive
justice and use of data in sentencing
Environmental challenges : rethinking law and
economics
The internal conference is designed to start
discussions around those themes inside the Sciences Po community.
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