Omri Ben-Shahar is the Frank & Bernice Greenberg Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, and the Kearny Director of the Institute for Law and Economics.

Ben-Shahar writes and teaches in the areas of contract law, consumer law, insurance law, and law-and-economics.

Prior to joining the University of Chicago, Ben-Shahar was the Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Michigan (1998-2008). He also taught at Tel-Aviv University (1995-1998).

Ben-Shahar's ongoing work with Carl Schneider on "The Failure of Mandated Disclosure" will be published in a forthcoming book titled "More Than You Wanted To Know: the Failure of Mandated Disclosure" (Princeton Press 2012). An early version of this study is published by the University of Pennsylvania law review.

Ben-Shahar is married to Sarah Clarke and is the father of three (Ziv "Cat", Maya, and Tom). He is an aspiring cook and a coffee roaster. He lives in Hyde Park, Chicago.

Featured Work

Mandated Disclosure
The Failure of Mandated Disclosure
Fault In American Contract Law
Fault in American Contract Law

 

Recent Publications

Fixing Unfair Contracts
Fixing Unfair Contracts
Damanges For Unlicensed Use
Damages for Unlicensed Use
Right to Withdraw
The Right to Withdraw in Contract Law
The Prisoners' (Plea Bargain) Dilemma
The Prisoners' (Plea Bargain) Dilemma
One Way Contracts: Consumer Protection Without Law
One Way Contracts: Consumer Protection Without Law
Pre-Closing Liability
Pre-Closing Liability
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Omri Ben-Shahar
Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law

Kearny Director, Institute for Law and Economics

Editor, Journal of Legal Studies

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