Books

• 1973 Economic Analysis of Law, 1st ed.
  • 2007 Economic Analysis of Law, 7th ed., ISBN 978-0-7355-6354-4
  • 2010 Economic Analysis of Law, 8th ed., ISBN 978-0-7355-9442-5
  • 2014 Economic Analysis of Law, 9th ed.
• 1978 Antitrust Law: An Economic Perspective
  • 2001 Antitrust Law, 2nd ed., ISBN 978-0-226-67576-3
• 1981 The Economics of Justice, ISBN 978-0-674-23526-7
• 1985 The Federal Courts: Crisis and Reform
  • 1996 The Federal Courts: Challenge and Reform (2d ed.), ISBN 978-0-674-29627-5
• 1988 Law and Literature: A Misunderstood Relation, ISBN 978-0-674-51468-3
  • 1998 Law and Literature (revised and enlarged ed.), ISBN 978-0-674-51471-3
  • 2009 Law and Literature, 3rd. ed., ISBN 978-0-674-03246-0
• 1990 The Problems of Jurisprudence, ISBN 978-0-674-70876-1
• 1990 Cardozo: A Study in Reputation, ISBN 978-0-226-67556-5
• 1992 Sex and Reason, ISBN 978-0-674-80280-3
• 1995 Overcoming Law, ISBN 978-0-674-64926-2, Among the topics is a critique of Robert Bork's constitutional theories, review of books about the legal system in the Third Reich, and a discussion of the legal culture reflected in the works of Tom Wolfe and E.M. Forster.
• 1995 Aging and Old Age, ISBN 978-0-226-67568-8
• 1996 Law and Legal Theory in England and America, ISBN 978-0-19-826471-2
• 1999 The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory, ISBN 978-0-674-00799-4
• 1999 An Affair of State: The Investigation, Impeachment, and Trial of President Clinton. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-00080-3.
• 2001 Frontiers of Legal Theory, ISBN 978-0-674-01360-5
• 2001 Breaking the Deadlock: The 2000 Presidential Election and the Courts, ISBN 978-0-691-09073-3
• 2002 Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline, ISBN 978-0-674-00633-1
• 2003 Law, Pragmatism and Democracy, ISBN 978-0-674-01081-9
• 2003 The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law (Harvard Univ. Press) (with William Landes), ISBN 978-0-674-01204-2
• 2004 Catastrophe: Risk and Response, ISBN 978-0-19-530647-7
• 2005 Preventing Surprise Attacks: Intelligence Reform in the Wake of 9/11, ISBN 978-0-7425-4947-0
• 2006 Uncertain Shield: The U.S. Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform, ISBN 978-0-7425-5127-5
• 2006 Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency, ISBN 978-0-19-530427-5
• 2007 The Little Book of Plagiarism, ISBN 978-0-375-42475-5
• 2007 Countering Terrorism: Blurred Focus, Halting Steps, ISBN 978-0-7425-5883-0
• 2008 How Judges Think, ISBN 978-0-674-02820-3
• 2009 A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent into Depression, ISBN 978-0-674-03514-0
• 2009 Uncommon Sense: Economic Insights, from Marriage to Terrorism (with Gary Becker)
• 2010 The Crisis of Capitalist Democracy, ISBN 978-0-674-05574-2
• 2013 Reflections on Judging
• 2016 Divergent Paths: The Academy and the Judiciary
• 2017 The Federal Judiciary: Strengths and Weaknesses

Articles

• The Federal Trade Commission, 37 U. Chi. L. Rev. 47 (1969)
• A Theory of Negligence, 1 J. Legal Stud. 29 (1972)
• The Economics of the Baby Shortage: A Modest Proposal, 7 J. Legal Stud. 323 (with Elisabeth M. Landes) (1978)
• Statutory Interpretation – In the Classroom and in the Courtroom, 50 U. Chi. L. Rev. 800 (1983)
• The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory, 111 Harv. L. Rev. 1637 (1998)
• Pragmatism Versus Purposivism in First Amendment Analysis, 54 Stan. L. Rev. 737 (2002)
• Transaction Costs and Antitrust Concerns in the Licensing of Intellectual Property, 4 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 325 (2005)
• Foreword: A Political Court (The Supreme Court, 2004 Term), 119 Harv. L. Rev. 31 (2005)