Portrait of Frank H. Easterbrook
Scholar portraitSource: University of Chicago Law School

Easterbrook

Frank H. Easterbrook

Judge and law-and-economics scholar

corporate lawsecurities regulationeconomic analysis of law

Official Source Note

The University of Chicago Law School lists Easterbrook as Senior Lecturer in Law, retired, and describes his work in antitrust, criminal law and procedure, and subjects involving implicit or explicit markets. The same profile records his coauthorship of The Economic Structure of Corporate Law with Daniel R. Fischel.

Easterbrook is included for his role in articulating the economic and contractual account of corporate law and for his influence on securities-disclosure debates.

Source: University of Chicago Law School

Relevance to the Archive

Easterbrook is important for the contractual and market-oriented interpretation of corporate law and for debates over mandatory securities disclosure.

Representative Contributions

  • The Economic Structure of Corporate Law (with Daniel R. Fischel)
  • Mandatory Disclosure and the Protection of Investors
  • The Limits of Antitrust

Works Included Here