On May 25 and 26 of 2007 members of the Latin American and Caribbean Law and Economics Association (ALACDE) will gather in Brasília, Brazil, for the group´s 11 th annual law-and-economics meeting. There will be two opening sessions, the first on the 22 nd of May to students and the public in general to make available information in Law and Economics, and the second on the 24 th of May, at the Brazilian Nacional Congress, to discuss issues related to the Legislative.

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The new deadline for Call for Papers is the 30 th of January! Click on the “Call for Papers” link above for details.

Papers presented at the group´s annual law-and-economics meetings can be seen at the site: Latin American and Caribbean Law and Economics Association (ALACDE) Annual Papers.

This is the first time an international law-and-economics meeting is held in Brazil. Another innovation are the prizes Robert D. Cooter Microsoft Award for Scholarship on Law & Economics and the Andres Roemer Microsoft Award for Distinction in Service to the Community of Scholars.

The organising committee for the group´s 11 th annual law-and-economics meeting is:

Program Committee:

• César Costa Alves de Mattos
• Décio Zylbersztajn
• Flavia Santinoni Vera
• Monika Infante
• Rachel Sztajn
• Robert Cooter

Organising committee :

• Afonso Ferreira
• Armando Castelar
• Bernardo Mueller
• Bruno Salama
• César Costa Alves de Mattos
• Cristiano Carvalho
• Francisco Satiro de Souza Jr
• Gesner de Oliveira
• Giácomo Balbinotto Neto
• Ivo Teixeira Gico Júnior
• Jairo Saddi
• Julia Bucher
• Luciano Timm - Coordenador