University of California at Berkeley School of law The Uses of History in Law and Economics by Ron harris UC Berkeley School of Law Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 139 UC Berkeley public law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series UC Berkeley School of Law, Boalt Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research Network Paper Collection at http://ssrn.com/abstract=454501University of California at Berkeley School of Law The Uses of History in Law and Economics by Ron Harris UC Berkeley School of Law Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 139 2003 UC Berkeley Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series UC Berkeley School of Law, Boalt Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research Network Paper Collection at http://ssrn.com/abstract=454501