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Augustus E. Lines Professor of Law

Professor Hansmann is an expert in corporate law, the economics of law, and alternative forms of enterprise ownership.

Achievements and Awards
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 1985-1986

Selected Books
The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Functional and Comparative Analysis (with others), Oxford University Press, 2004

The Ownership of Enterprise, Harvard University Press, 1996

Selected Book Chapters
"Ownership Form and Trapped Capital in the Hospital Industry," in E. Glaeser (ed.), Governance of Not-For-Profit Organizations (with D. Kessler and M. McClellan), University of Chicago Press, 2003

Selected Articles
"Law and the Rise of the Firm" (with R. Kraakman and R. Squire), Harvard Law Review, Vol. 119, 1333-1403, 2006

"Corporation and Contract" American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 8, 1-19, 2006

"Property, Contract, and Verification: The Numerus Clausus Problem and the Divisibility of Rights" (with R. Kraakman), Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 31, 373-420, 2002

Education
PhD Yale University, 1978
JD Yale University, 1974
BA Brown University, 1967