Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1978.
DeVoe L Moore Distinguished Research Professor of Economics.
Areas of interest: Law and economics, criminal justice policy, and property rights/transaction-cost economics.

Internationally recognized as one of the foremost figures in the areas of public choice and law and economics, Dr. Benson has received numerous awards for his scholarly research. His recent books include The Enterprise of Law (1990), co-author of The Economic Anatomy of a Drug War (1994), and To Serve and Protect: Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice (1998). Benson has received the Professorial Excellence Program Award and the Distinguished Research Professor Award.

Phone: (850) 644-7094
Fax: (850) 644-4535
E-mail: bbenson@coss.fsu.edu

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Recent Publications

• "The Spontaneous Evolution of Cyber Law: Norms, Dispute Resolution, and Enforcement without State Involvement." Journal of Law, Economics and Policy, July 2005.
• "Do Holdout Problems Justify Compulsory Right-of-Way Purchase and Public Provision of Roads?" in Paving the Way for Private Roads, Gabriel Roth, ed. (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, forthcoming 2005).
• "The Rise and Fall of Private Roads in England," in Paving the Way for Private Roads, Gabriel Roth, ed. (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, forthcoming 2005).
• "Globalization through Human Action or Human Design," ama-gi (London School of Economics Hayek Society Journal), forthcoming.
• "Economics of Crime" (with Simon Bowmaker), in Economics Uncut, Simon Bowmaker, ed. (London: Edward Elgar), forthcoming.
• "Economics of Drug Liberalization" (with Simon Bowmaker and Mark Thornton), in Economics Uncut, Simon Bowmaker, ed. (London: Edward Elgar), forthcoming.
• "Crime," in The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, Deirdre McCloskey, Tom Palmer, Jeffrey D. Schultz, and Aaron Steelman, eds. (Washington, D. C.: Cato Institute), forthcoming.
• "Emerging From the Hobbesian Jungle," in The Encyclopedia of Public Choice, Charles K. Rowley and Fritz Schneider, eds. (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, forthcoming).
• "The Evolution of Law." in The Encyclopedia of Public Choice, Charles K. Rowley and Fritz Schneider, eds. (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, forthcoming).
• "Endogenous Morality." in The Encyclopedia of Public Choice, Charles K. Rowley and Fritz Schneider, eds. (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, forthcoming).
• "International Economic Law and Commercial Arbitration," in Economic Analysis of Law: A European Perspective, Aristides, N. Hatzis, ed. (London: Edward Elgar, forthcoming).