Louis Visscher

Dr. Louis Visscher, LL.M. is Associate Professor of Law and Economics at the Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics (RILE) of the Erasmus School of Law. He studied both Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1993) and Law (Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1994, with honours). He holds a Ph.D. (2005) from the same university. He also is the coordinator of the 'mr.drs.-programma voor economie en rechten', a six-year study programme at the Erasmus University Rotterdam with which talented and motivated students can graduate in both law and economics (bachelor and master level).

Louis teaches the course Economic Analysis of Torts and Insurance in the European Master programme in Law and Economics (EMLE). Furthermore, he teaches in the Dutch course on Law and Economics in the third year of the Rotterdam law bachelor. He provides guest lectures on game theory, damages for fatal and non-fatal injuries and liability of financial supervisors.

Louis is fluent in Dutch and English; he reads German

Ten Most Recent Publications

• J. Beldowski, K. Metelska-Szaniawska and L.T. Visscher (2011), 'Law and Economics in Poland - the Past and Present at a Glance', in: J. Beldowski, K. Metelska-Szaniawska and L.T. Visscher (Eds.), Polish Yearbook of Law and Economics Vol 1 (2010), Warsaw: Wydawnictwo C.H. Beck sp. z o.o., p. 3-21.
• L.T. Visscher (2011), 'Wrongfulness as a Necessary Cause of the Losses - Removing an Alleged Difference between Strict Liability and Negligence', Economic Analysis of Law Review 2(2), p. 188-203.
• M.G. Faure and L.T. Visscher (2011), 'The Role of Experts in Assessing Damages – A Law and Economics Account', European Journal of Risk Regulation 3/2011, p. 376-396.
• A.M. Pacces and L.T. Visscher (2011), 'Law and Economics - Methodology'. in: B. van Klink and S. Taekema, Interdisciplinary Research into Law, Berlin: Mohr, p., 85-107.
• L.T. Visscher and T. Schepens (2010), ‘A law and economics approach to cost shifting, fee arrangements and legal expense insurance’, in: M. Tuil and L.T. Visscher (Eds.), New Trends in Financing Civil Litigation in Europe: A Legal, Empirical, and Economic Analysis, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 7-32.
• M. Tuil and L.T. Visscher (2010), ‘New trends in financing civil litigation in Europe: lessons to be learned’, in: M. Tuil and L.T. Visscher (Eds.), New Trends in Financing Civil Litigation in Europe: A Legal, Empirical, and Economic Analysis, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 175-190.
• H.O. Kerkmeester and L.T. Visscher (2010), ‘Hoe rechters denken: Richard Posner over het werk van de rechterlijke macht’, Rechtstreeks 2010/4, p. 8-21.
• A. Ogus and L.T. Visscher (2010),‘A Law and Economics Perspective on Injunctive Relief’, (17) Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, p. 32-47.
• V. Karapanou and L.T. Visscher (2010), 'Cuantificación de las indemnizaciones por daño extrapatrimonial, según el Análisis Económico del Derecho y el Análisis Económico de la Salud', Jurisprudencia Argentina, Número Especial (2010-I), p. 43-59.
• V. Karapanou and L.T. Visscher (2010), 'Towards a Better Assessment of Pain and Suffering Damages', (1) Journal of European Tort Law, p. 48-74.

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Working Papers

• L.T. Visscher (2011), Wrongfulness as a Necessary Cause of the Losses - Removing an Alleged Difference between Strict Liability and Negligence, RILE Working Paper No. 2011/06, published in Economic Analysis of Law Review, 2/2011, p. 188-203 .
• L.T. Visscher (2010), 'A Law and Economics View on Harmonization of Procedural Law', RILE Working Paper No. 2010/09.
• V. Karapanou and L.T. Visscher (2010), 'Quality Adjusted Life Years as a Way Out of the Impasse between Prevention Theory and Insurance Theory', RILE Working Paper No. 2010/06.
• H.O. Kerkmeester and L.T. Visscher (2010), 'Causal Connection between Tort and Loss: The Doctrine of the ‘Lawful Alternative’ ', RILE Working Paper No. 2010/04.
• V. Karapanou and L.T. Visscher (2009), 'The Magnitude of Pain and Suffering Damages from a Law and Economics and Health Economics Point of View', RILE Working Paper No. 2009/02, Published (in Spanish translation) as 'Cuantificación de las indemnizaciones por daño extrapatrimonial, según el Análisis Económico del Derecho y el Análisis Económico de Salud', Jurisprudencia Argentina, 2010 (I - Número Especial), p. 43-59.
• L.T. Visscher (2008), 'The Legal Duty to Incorporate Mistakes of the Victim', RILE Working Paper Series No. 2008/11.
• R.J. Van den Bergh and L.T. Visscher (2008), 'Optimal Enforcement of Safety Law', RILE Working Paper No. 2008/04, Published in: R.V. de Mulder (ed.), Mitigating Risk in the Context of Safety and Security. How relevant is a rational approach?, Rotterdam: Erasmus University Rotterdam 2008, p. 29-62.
• L.T. Visscher (2008), 'Justifications and Excuses in the Economic Analysis of Tort Law', RILE Working Paper No. 2008/03, Published in P. Sabiha Khanum (Ed), Economic Torts, Hyderabad: The Icfai University Press 2009, p. 22-57.
• L.T. Visscher (2008), 'Tort Damages', RILE Working Paper No. 2008/02, Published in: M.G. Faure (Ed), Tort Law and Economics, Volume 1 Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Second Edition, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar 2009, p. 153-200.
• R.J. Van den Bergh and L.T. Visscher (2008), 'The Preventive Function of Collective Actions for Damages in Consumer Law', Published in: Erasmus Law Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2008.

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Contact Information

Room L5-111
Ph.: +31 10 4081833
Fax: +31 10 4089191
E-mail: visscher@frg.eur.nl

Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics
Capgroep ARW
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
The Netherlands