Fall 2026

Law and Economics

ECON 522 applies economic analysis to legal rules and institutions, focusing on how law influences individual incentives across property, contracts, torts, procedure, and criminal law.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Dan QuintMartha Kowalski

Summary

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Historical reviews of Daniel Quint, Fran Flanagan: Homework is typically easy and straightforward, but midterms can be challenging. Exams are generally fair, though some students find assignments tricky.

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Prerequisites

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ECON 301 or 311

ECON 522

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Daniel Quint: Dan Quint is described as engaging and passionate, with clear lectures and helpful office hours. Online notes are posted, and course content is considered interesting. One reviewer notes an inverse grading curve, while others find the class fun and well-taught.

DANIEL QUINT is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

FRAN FLANAGAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction96 / 6017
DIS 301Classroom Instruction25 / 154
DIS 302Classroom Instruction24 / 154
DIS 303Classroom Instruction22 / 154
DIS 304Classroom Instruction25 / 155

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews describe Dan Quint's lectures as clear and engaging, with notes posted online. Students found the course a solid choice for advanced economics.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.15 GPA, 44.7% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.26 GPA, 46.9% A/AB (n=96 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.35 GPA, 54.7% A/AB (n=95 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Daniel Quint, Fran Flanagan: Homework is typically easy and straightforward, but midterms can be challenging. Exams are generally fair, though some students find assignments tricky.

Historical reviews of Daniel Quint, Fran Flanagan: Online slides make attendance optional for some. Others find lectures wordy or boring, noting that discussion sessions are more useful than the lecture itself.

Topics

  • Property law
  • Contract law
  • Tort law
  • Legal procedure
  • Criminal law

Skills

  • Economic analysis of legal rules
  • Analyzing law's influence on incentives

Grades

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 4 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.12 GPA average error.

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About this comparison

1320 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Selected offering source records
ECON 522 · Fall 2026

Law and Economics

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance 
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