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Economics and Law

Lecturers: Dr R.J. Anderson, Mr N.D.F. Bohm and Mr R.N. Clayton
(rja14@cl.cam.ac.uk, nbohm@ernest.net, rnc1@cl.cam.ac.uk)

No. of lectures: 8

`Professional Practice and Ethics' (Part IA) provides a useful foundation for this course.

This course is a prerequisite for Business Studies (Part II) and E-commerce (Part II)

Aims

This course aims to give students an introduction to some basic concepts in economics and law.

Lectures

Objectives

At the end of the course students should have a basic appreciation of economic and legal terminology and arguments. They should understand some of the applications of economic models to systems engineering and their interest to theoretical computer science. They should also understand the main constraints that markets and legislation place on firms dealing in information goods and services.

Recommended books

Shapiro, C. & Varian, H. (1998). Information Rules. Harvard Business School Press.
Varian, H. (1999). Intermediate Microeconomics - A Modern Approach. Norton.


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