Mark D. West

Name: Mark D. West

Title(s):

• Professor

Contact Information: 734.647.4041 , markwest@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• CJS
• CICS

Department Affiliation(s):

• Law
• Japanese Studies

Education Background: J.D. with Multiple Honors, Columbia University School of Law, 1993 B.A., International Studies, Rhodes College, 1989

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

• East Asian Studies

Related Countries:

• Japan

Research/Teaching Specialization: Japanese law; comparative corporate governance; and organized, corporate, and white-collar crime

Publications:

• Private Ordering at the World's First Futures Exchange. 2000.
• Naze sokaiya ha nakunaranainoka? Yusuri to kabunushi sokai no ho to keizaigaku (Why Don't Sokaiya Go Away: The Law and Economics of Blackmail and Shareholders' Meetings). 1998.
• The Dark Side of Private Ordering: An Institutional and Empirical Analysis of Organized Crime. Winter 2000.
• Information, Institutions, and Extortion in Japan and the United States: Making Sense of Sokaiya Racketeers. 1999.
• Legal Rules and Social Norms in Japan's Secret World of Sumo. 1997.
• Law in Everyday Japan: Sex, Sumo, Suicide, and Statutes. 2005.
• The Tragedy of the Condominiums: Legal Responses to Collective Action Problems After the Kobe Earthquake. 2003.
• Losers: Recovering Lost Property in Japan and the United States. 2003.
• The Puzzling Divergence of Corporate Law: Evidence and Explanations from Japan and the United States. 2002.
• The Resolution of Karaoke Disputes: The Calculus of Institutions and Social Capital. Summer 2002.