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Hen­rik Lando

Professor

Subjects
Business law Communication Climate Identity Moral

Primary research areas

Law and eco­nom­ics
I study how eco­nom­ic ana­lys­is can throw light on and some­times ex­plain or pro­scribe leg­al reg­u­la­tion. My main fields are con­tract law, tort law, crim­in­al law, and evid­ence law.
Con­flict res­ol­u­tion
I study ways in which a third party can help two parties re­solve their con­flict through com­mu­nic­a­tion. I draw on the ideas of mo­tiv­ated reas­on­ing and iden­tity to ex­plain the role of the me­di­at­or, who can at­ten­u­ate the ef­fects of biased reas­on­ing. I also ap­ply this reas­on­ing to or­gan­iz­a­tion­al, con­flict res­ol­u­tion design
Cli­mate lit­ig­a­tion
I study wheth­er cli­mate lit­ig­a­tion is an ef­fi­cient mech­an­ism for reg­u­lat­ing cli­mate risks.
Norm­at­ive found­a­tions of law and eco­nom­ics
I study how ef­fi­ciency and fair­ness con­sid­er­a­tions af­fect laws and ad­ju­dic­a­tion.

Ap­ply­ing eco­nom­ics to law to im­prove wel­fare in so­ci­ety

I am currently working on contract theory and the theory of contract law and economics. I have studied organizational and contract economic for many years, and both in the US (UCLA and MIT), in France (where I visited the research institution Cepremap) and in Denmark. My goals are to advance the understanding of how to design contract law and how to design and manage contracts. I run a private consultancy, aimed at furthering value maximizing contracts.

My research helps:

companies cooperate better through relational contracts 

companies and individuals resolve their conflicts amicably  

society implement welfare-enhancing rules of tort and contract law  

Outside activities