the humanities. Interest in subjects such as computers, genetics, and the environment generated a whole new type of interdisciplinary interest in law, science, and technology. Like the other interdisciplinary areas this new activity greatly surpassed the older manifestations in this area such as patent law and law and medicine. Following the typical interdisciplinary pattern, the curriculum of many law schools is peppered with wide array of such interdisciplinary courses and faculty In summary, when one looks now at the curricula and faculty of law schools, the interdisciplinary picture is quite different than it was several decades ago. Almost all law schools offer several"law and or other interdisciplinary courses and programs. Not only are many faculty interested in these interdisciplinary approaches to law, but many have advanced degrees in nonlaw fields. Others spend considerable time n autodidactic efforts. Some law faculty do not have law degrees. Nothing evidences this heightened interest in interdisciplinary legal studies more than the scholarship, published both in law journal and the journals of other disciplines. One commentator has suggested that at "elite" law schools all"serious scholars"are expected to do interdisciplinary work and those without such interests would have a hard time finding a job at these institutions. 2 What has caused this increased interest and activity in interdisciplinary legal studies? Although the nature of the various nonlaw disciplines and their relation to law differs,some common and interrelated themes emerge. First, the nature of legal scholarship has changed. Greater emphasis on empirical studies and legal theory have been prevalent, with a corresponding movement away from traditional doctrinal analysis. 4 The leading law journals seem to be more interested in this "new scholasticism "than they are 12. See J M. Balkin, Interdisciplinarity as Colonization, 53 Wash. Lee L Rev. 649, 650(1996) 13. Several commentators with law and literature ra note 7. at 1; Geoffrey P. Miller, A ric of Law, 52 Chi. L. Rev. 2478, 255(1985 )(book review)) and with law and society. See Lay and &e Law and Economics: Common Ground, Irreconcilable Differences, New Directions, 1997 Wis. L Rev. 375 et seq 14. Such scholarship is ha iticized as less useful to lawyers and judges. Harry Edwards, The Growing Disjunction Behveen Legal Profession, 91 Mich. L. Rev. 34(1992): Symposium: Legal Education 91 (19930 ponse to Judge Edwards criticisms). One commentator suggested vement theory of intellectual influence and onion.” See charles Collier. The d abi in Law: Reexamining the Assumptions of Interdisciplinary Le11. My own school, the Arizona State College of Law, has faculty with graduate degrees in philosophy, psychology, physics, electrical engineering, mathematics, astronomy, political science, public policy, and genetics. 12. See J.M. Balkin, Interdisciplinarity as Colonization, 53 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 649, 650 (1996). 13. Several commentators have compared law and economics with law and literature ( see, e.g., Posner, supra note 7, at 1; Geoffrey P. Miller, A Rhetoric of Law, 52 Chi. L. Rev. 2478, 255 (1985)(book review)) and with law and society. See Symposium, Law and Society & Law and Economics: Common Ground, Irreconcilable Differences, New Directions, 1997 Wis. L. Rev. 375 et seq. 14. Such scholarship is has been criticized as less useful to lawyers and judges. Harry Edwards, The Growing Disjunction Between Legal Education and the Legal Profession, 91 Mich. L. Rev. 34 (1992); Symposium: Legal Education, 91 Mich. L. Rev. 1921-2219 (1993)(broad response to Judge Edwards' criticisms). One commentator suggested that the best explanation for this movement was “the theory of intellectual influence and revisionism.” See Charles Collier, The Use and Abuse of Humanistic Theory in Law: Reexamining the Assumptions of Interdisciplinary Legal 3 the humanities. Interest in subjects such as computers, genetics, and the environment generated a whole new type ofinterdisciplinaryinterest inlaw, science, and technology. Like the otherinterdisciplinaryareas, this new activity greatly surpassed the older manifestations in this area such as patent law and law and medicine. Following the typical interdisciplinary pattern, the curriculum of many law schools is peppered with wide array of such interdisciplinary courses and faculty. In summary, when one looks now at the curricula and faculty of law schools, the interdisciplinary picture is quite different thanit wasseveraldecades ago. Almost all law schools offer several “law and” or otherinterdisciplinarycourses and programs. Not only are many facultyinterested in these interdisciplinary approaches to law, but many have advanced degrees in nonlaw fields.11 Others spend considerable time in autodidactic efforts. Some law faculty do not have law degrees. Nothing evidences this heightened interest in interdisciplinary legal studies more than the scholarship, published both in law journal and the journals of other disciplines. One commentator has suggested that at “elite” law schools all “serious scholars”are expected to do interdisciplinarywork and those without suchinterests would have ahardtime finding a job at these institutions.12 What has caused thisincreased interest and activity in interdisciplinarylegalstudies? Although the nature of the various nonlaw disciplines and their relation to law differs,13 some common and interrelated themes emerge. First, the nature of legal scholarship has changed. Greater emphasis on empirical studies and legal theory have been prevalent, with a corresponding movement away from traditional doctrinal analysis.14 The leading law journals seem to be more interested in this “new scholasticism” than they are