Henry Hansmann is the Augustus E. Lines Professor of Law at Yale Law School.  He received both a J.D. and a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University. His scholarship has focused principally on the law and economics of organizational ownership and structure, and has dealt not just with business corporations but also with nonprofits, mutuals, cooperatives, condominiums, trusts, and partnerships.  He has written, as well, on other aspects of basic legal relationships, with particular attention to property rights.

Education
Ph.D. (Economics), Yale, 1978
J.D., Yale, 1974
A.B., Brown, 1967

Courses Taught
Business Organizations
Contracts
Law, Economics, and Organization
Legal & Economic History of Enterprise