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86 Iowa L. Rev. 601 (2000-2001)
Path Dependence in the Law: The Course and Pattern of Legal Change in a Common Law System

handle is hein.journals/ilr86 and id is 613 raw text is: Path Dependence in the Law: The Course and Pattern of Legal Change in a Common Law System Oona A. Hathaway* I. PATH DEPENDENCE THEORY ................................................................. 606 A. INrCRFSUrGRETUR NSPATHDEPF.ND -cE ...................................... 608 B. EVOLUTIONARYPATHDEPFADENCE ............................................... 613 C. SEQUE NCIVG PATHDE AD CE .................................................... 617 II. THE PATH DEPENDENCE OF THE COMMON LW SYSTEM ....................... 622 A. NcREArSNG RETUAPATHDEPz\EVCE ......................................... 627 B. EVOLUTIONARYPATHDEPEADENCE ............................................... 635 C. SEQUFT CWGPATHDEPETDENCE ................................................... 645 M. CONSEQUENCES OF PATH DEPENDENCE THEORY FOR THE DOCTRINE OF STARE DECISIS .................................................................................. 650 A. CASES I vAREAS OF THE LAv WN WHICH TvRE ARE FEiI PUNCTUATIONS ........................................................................... 655 B. C4SES N WHI-CH UADERLN WG CONDTONS HA TIE CHANGED A R LY ................................................................................ 658 C. CASES THATRELY ONDICTA ......................................................... 662 IV. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................ 663 * Associate Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law. BA., Harvard University, J.D., Yale Law School. I am grateful to Arthur Applbaum, Jack Beermann, Robert Bone, Chris Brooke, Ward Farnsworth, Alan Feld, Keith Hylton, David Kennedy, Susan Koniak, Gary Lawson, Mattias Kumm, Soeren Mattke, Steve Marks, Michael Meurer, Mark Pettit, Susan Rose- Ackerman, DavidJ. Seipp, R.Justin Smith, Nancy Staudt, Sharon Street, Eli Wald, Larry Yac Ue, and other members of the faculty of Boston University School of Law for their comments and suggestions on earlier drafts of this work. I am also grateful to Paul A. David for providing me with copies of some of his most recent unpublished works on path dependence theory.Jacob S. Hacker deserves special thanks for his contributions at everystage of this project.

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