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Thursday, January 6, 2000 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.	Harding Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Mezzanine Level
Section on Socio-Economics
Thomas Ulen, University of Illinois, Chair
Robert Ashford, Syracuse University, Program Chair

Positive, Moral, and Ethical Dimensions of Socio-Economics

(Program to be published in the Journal of Socio-Economics and the Roger Williams University Law Review)

8:30–9:15 a.m. Overview of Socio-Economics and Its Relation to Law

Speakers:	Robert Ashford, Syracuse University
	Jeffrey L. Harrison, University of Florida
	Richard Hattwick, Professor and Editor, Journal of Socio-Economics, Department of Economics, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
	A. Allan Schmid, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
	Robert Solo, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Michigan State University, Oakemos, Michigan
	Thomas Ulen, University of Illinois
9:15–9:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions

The Moral Dimensions of Economic Behavior	Harding Mezzanine Level
Speakers: Anthony E. Cook, Georgetown University Amitai Etzioni, University Professor, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Mark A. Lutz, Professor of Economics, University of Maine, Orono, Maine Reverend Dr. Virgil Wood, Pond Street Baptist Church, Providence, Rhode Island

Socio-Economic Perspectives on Corporate Law and Responsibility	Room 156 Mezzanine Level
Speakers: Margaret M. Blair, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. Lee E. Preston, Professor Emeritus, R.H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Edward Nathan Wolff, Professor, Department of Economics, New York University, New York, New York

Socio-Economic Perspectives on Environmental Regulation	Room 160 Mezzanine Level
Speakers: Nicholas A. Ashford, Professor of Law and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts David M. Driesen, Syracuse University

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Luncheon Speaker to be announced. (Ticket purchase in advance of Annual Meeting is required.)	McKinley Mezzanine Level
12:30–2:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

Socio-Economics and Professional Responsibility	Room 156 Mezzanine Level
Speakers: Sherman L. Cohn, Georgetown University Monroe H. Freedman, Hofstra University Peter C. Kostant, Roger Williams University Amy R. Mashburn, University of Florida Thomas D. Morgan, Brigham Young University

Democratizing Corporate Finance with Binary Economics

Harding Mezzanine Level

Speakers: Mike Gravel, former U.S. Senator, Alaska, 1969-81, Arlington, Virginia William Greider, National Affairs Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine, Washington, D.C. Richard Hattwick, Professor and Editor, Journal of Socio-Economics, Department of Economics, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois John Jones, Financial Consultant, The Macken Financial Group, Rohnert Park, California Reverend Donald Kemner, Philadelphia II, Chesterfield, Missouri Rodney Shakespeare, Author, London, England Robert Solo, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Michigan State University, Oakemos, Michigan Reverend Dr. Virgil Wood, Pond Street Baptist Church, Providence, Rhode Island

Feminism, Economics, and Socio-Economics	Room 160 Mezzanine Level
Speakers: Kim Gandy, Executive Vice President, National Organization for Women, Washington, D.C. Terry A. O’Neill, Tulane University Margaret Oppenheimer, Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
2:00–2:15 p.m. Refreshment Break
2:15–3:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

Democratizing Monetary Policy in a Socio-Economic Way	Room 156 Mezzanine Level
Speakers: Robert Ashford, Syracuse University Timothy A. Canova, University of New Mexico William Greider, National Affairs Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine, Washington, D.C A. Allan Schmid, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Robert Solo, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Michigan State University, Oakemos, Michigan

Socio-Economic Perspectives on Health Care, Fiduciary Duties, and Patients’ Rights	Room 160 Mezzanine Level
Speakers: Barbara B. Comerford, Esquire, Midland Park, New Jersey John V. Jacobi, Seton Hall University Michael S. Jacobs, DePaul University Sidney D. Watson, Mercer University

Neoclassical Economics and the Mythology of Deregulation

Harding Mezzanine Level

Speakers: Thomas C. Gorak, Esquire, Baltimore, Maryland Jeffrey L. Harrison, University of Florida Robert Loube, Telecommunications Policy Specialist, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. David W. Penn, Deputy Executive Director, American Public Power Association, Washington, D.C. Edward L. Rubin, University of Pennsylvania Harry M. Trebing, Professor Emeritus of Economics and Senior Fellow, Institute of Public Utilities, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Paul R. Verkuil, Yeshiva University

4:00–5:00 p.m. Is Socio-Economics a New Approach?—Critique and Commentary

Harding Mezzanine Level

Speakers:  David Anderson, Associate Research Professor, Graduate School of Political Management, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.  Amitai Etzioni, University Professor, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.   Mike Gravel, former U.S. Senator, Alaska, 1969-81, Arlington, Virginia  William Greider, National Affairs Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine, Washington, D.C.  Richard Hattwick, Professor and Editor, Journal of Socio-Economics, Department of Economics, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois  Mark A. Lutz, Professor of Economics, University of Maine, Orono, Maine  Robert Solo, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Michigan State University, Oakemos, Michigan  Harry M. Trebing, Professor Emeritus of Economics and Senior Fellow, Institute of Public Utilities, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Socio-economics provides a rigorous, interdisciplinary, paradigm-conscious, value-conscious approach to economic behavior, predicated on a consideration of whole human beings within social and natural context.

The growing interest in socio-economics among law teachers can be traced in part to a growing recognition that the lawyers’ codes of professional responsibility require a socio-economic approach to understanding economic behavior. Compared to other approaches, socio-economics promotes a deeper, more rigorous, positive and normative understanding of (1) economic behavior, (2) the use of economic theory and evidence to support and critique legal decision-making and (3) the true history, development, utility of “law and economics” to law teaching and practice. With the socio-economic approach, lawyers and teachers will be better able to help clients, students, and others identify and secure their essential rights and responsibilities.

One unifying theme of the program will be to explore the responsibilities of lawyers and law teachers when using economics and other disciplines to serve clients, research legal issues, and teach students. This theme raises positive and normative issues that will be explored in a number of areas including law and economics, professional responsibility, corporate law and responsibility, environmental regulation, democratizing monetary policy, neo-classical economics and the mythology of deregulation, democratizing corporate finance with binary economics, feminism, economics, and socio-economics, and socio-economic perspectives on health care, fiduciary duties, and patients’ rights. The program will conclude with a consideration of whether the socio-economic approach is new, or rather a new name for pre-existing traditions.

This year’s program will feature no fewer than twelve economists, a former U.S. Senator, and a minister who shares Dr. Martin Luther King’s approach to economics, race and justice. The program is intended not only for specialists, but also for generalists interested in improving legal education.

Business Meeting at Program Conclusion

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