Research summary
Dr. Alan Miller’s research aims to create a formal (mathematical) framework for the normative analysis of law and legal institutions. This area may be described as "axiomatic jurisprudence," as it focuses on developing and applying axiomatic models to evaluate normative claims made by jurists. His primary area of research draws from an area of economics called social choice theory that he uses to study normative questions in law, such as whether and when courts should decide cases on the basis of community standards and how corporations should conduct shareholder votes. Miller’s research will strengthen our understanding of the use of community standards in legal prise de décision, of voting rules used in corporate law, and of the rules of decision in multimember courts.