My Study of Law and Economics. An Educational Journey with Knowledgeable Tour Guides

Abstract After studies of economics and business administration in Cologne my academic career as an economist started 1968 a doctoral student later post doc the Institute Development Research Policy University Bochum Germany. The economic theories, with which I worked at time had no relation to legal or social norms. This changed, after became professor newly established second law department Hamburg. It was model trial reformed education. My lawyer colleagues propagated more policy oriented teleological understanding law, scholarship, teaching demanded integration sciences into study law. began studying classical writings American pioneers related them German private Gradually shifted focus interest publications from development civil increasingly convinced that “law economics” corrects scientific fallacy, emerged when two disciplines fell apart. Later joined -together colleague Claus Ott-the European master program economics, Hamburg institute economics. merger competing departments united faculty took supportive far reaching decisions consolidate make it center for following pages show detail factors reasons, made me supporter scholar approach institutional