Henrik Lando
Professor
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Departments
Department of Business Humanities and Law
Room: POR/18.B-1.120
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