Peter H. Huang joined the University of Colorado Law School faculty in 2011. He specializes in business law; law and emotions; law, happiness, and subjective well-being; law and mindfulness; law and neuroscience; law and psychology; law and real options; derivative securities; and securities enforcement, litigation, and regulation. His teaching and scholarship apply behavioral economics, finance, and neuroeconomics to business law, law student and lawyer well-being, leadership, legal education, and race and gender anti-discrimination. His research includes analyzing how to boost people's decision-making competencies, including retirement planning, by practicing mindfulness, helpful thinking styles, and cognitive diversity. Huang endeavors to foster people to become more creative thinkers and innovative problem solvers. Huang teaches business law, economic analysis of law, and leadership.
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Realizing Diversity, Sustainability, and Stakeholder Capitalism, 9(1) Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review 28-55 (2022).
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Anti-Asian American Racism, COVID-19, Racism Contested, Humor, and Empathy, 16(3) Florida International University Law Review 669-743 (2022).
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Resistance is Not Futile: Challenging AAPI Hate, 28(2) William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice 261-327 (2022).
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Huang (with Olivia Ash), Loneliness in COVID-19, Life, and the Law, 32(1) Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine 3, 55-148 (2022).
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Put Even More Women and Minorities in Charge, 17(2) South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business 46-69 (2021).
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Pandemic Emotions: The Good, the Bad, and the Unconscious -- Implications for Public Health, Financial Economics, Law, and Leadership, 16(2) Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy Article 3, 80-129 (2021).
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Put More Women in Charge and Other Leadership Lessons from COVID-19, 15(2) Florida International University Law Review 353-421 (2021).
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Huang (with Kelly J. Poore), Can You Hear Me Later and Believe Me Now? Behavioral Law and Economics of Chronic Repeated Ambient Acoustic Pollution Causing Noise-Induced (Hidden) Hearing Loss, 29(2) Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice 193-272 (2020).
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Adventures in Higher Education, Happiness, and Mindfulness, 7(2) British Journal of American Legal Studies 425-84 (2018).
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Boost: Improving Mindfulness, Thinking, and Diversity, 10(1) William & Mary Business Law Review 139-97 (2018).
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Achieving American Retirement Prosperity by Changing Americans' Thinking About Retirement, 22 Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance 189-259 (2017).
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Can Practicing Mindfulness Improve Lawyer Decision-Making, Ethics, and Leadership?, 55 Houston L. Rev. 63-154 (2017).
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Meta-Mindfulness: A New Hope, 19 Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest 303-24 (2016).
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How Improving Decision-Making and Mindfulness Can Improve Legal Ethics and Professionalism, 21 Journal of Law, Business and Ethics 35-76 (2015).
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Huang (with Corie Rosen Felder), The Zombie Lawyer Apocalypse, 42 Pepperdine Law Review 727-72 (2015).
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Torn Between Two Selves: Should Law Care More About Experiencing Selves or Remembering Selves?, 17 Southern Methodist University Science & Technology Law Review 261-323 (2014).
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From Tiger Mom to Panda Parent, 17 Asian Pac. Am. L.J. 40 (2012).
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Tiger Cub Strikes Back: Memoirs of an Ex-Child Prodigy About Legal Education and Parenting, 1 Brit. J. Am. Legal Stud. 297 (2012).
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Huang (with Rick Swedloff), Tort Damages and the New Science of Happiness, 85 Ind. L.J. 553 (2010).
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Huang (with Scott A. Moss), How the New Economics Can Improve Discrimination Law, and How Economics Can Survive the Demise of the "Rational Actor", 51 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 183 (2009).
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Emotional Adaptation and Lawsuit Settlements, 108 Colum. L. Rev. Sidebar 50 (2008).
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Huang (with Joseph A. Grundfest), The Unexpected Value of Litigation: A Real Options Perspective, 58 Stan. L. Rev. 1267 (2006).
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Lawsuit Abandonment Options in Possibly Frivolous Litigation Games, 23 Rev. Litig. 47 (2004).
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A Normative Analysis of New Financially Engineered Derivatives, 73 S. Cal. L. Rev. 471 (2000), reprinted in 33 Sec. L. Rev. 637 (2001), and excerpted and reprinted in 1(12) Derivatives Fin. Products Rep. 13 (2000).
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A New Options Theory for Risk Multipliers of Attorneys' Fees in Federal Civil Rights Litigation, 73 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1943 (1998).
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Huang (with Ho-Mou Wu), More Order without More Law: A Theory of Social Norms and Organizational Cultures, 10 J.L. Econ. & Org. 390 (1994).
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Huang (with Ho-Mou Wu), Emotional Responses in Litigation, 12 Int'l Rev. L. & Econ. 31 (1992).
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Subjective Well-Being and the Law, in Handbook of Well-Being (Ed Diener, Shige Oishi, & Louis Tay eds., 2018).
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Happiness 101 for Legal Scholars: Applying Happiness Research to Legal Policy, Ethics, Mindfulness, Negotiations, Legal Education, and Legal Practice, in Handbook on Behavioral Law and Economics (Joshua C. Teitelbaum & Kathryn Zeiler eds., 2018).
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Huang (with Anne M. Brafford, Debra S. Austin, & Martha Knudson), Positive Institutions: Organizations, Laws, and Policies, in Handbook of Positive Psychology (C.R. Synder, Shane J. Lopez, Lisa M. Edwards, & Susana C. Marques eds., 3d ed. 2018).
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Emotional Reactions to Law and Economics, Market Metaphors, and Rationality Rhetoric, in Theoretical Foundations of Law and Economics 163 (Mark D. White ed., 2009).
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Huang (with Jeremy A. Blumenthal), Positive Institutions, Law, and Policy, in Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology 589 (C.R. Snyder & Shane J. Lopez eds., 2d ed. 2009).
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Huang (with Jeremy A. Blumenthal), Positive Law and Policy, in Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology 730 (Shane J. Lopez ed., 2009).
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Regulating Irrational Exuberance and Anxiety in Securities Markets, in The Law and Economics of Irrational Behavior (Francesco Parisi & Vernon L. Smith eds., 2005).
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Huang (with Ho-Mou Wu), Market Equilibrium with Endogenous Price Uncertainty and Options, in Markets, Information, and Uncertainty: Essays in Economic Theory in Honor of Kenneth J. Arrow 97 (Graciela Chichilnisky ed., 1999).
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Huang (with Debra Austin), Unsafe at Any Campus: Don't Let Colleges Become the Next Cruise Ships, Nursing Homes, and Food Processing Plants, 96 Ind. L.J. Supplement 25-65 (2020).
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Mindfulness in Legal Ethics and Professionalism, 48 Sw. L. Rev. 401-12 (2019).
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Happiness in Business or Law, 12 Transactions: Tenn. J. Bus. L. 153 (2011).
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Happiness Studies and Legal Policy, 6 Ann. Rev. L. & Soc. Sci. 405 (2010).
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Huang (with Rick Swedloff), Authentic Happiness and Meaning at Law Firms, 58 Syracuse L. Rev. 335 (2008).
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Diverse Conceptions of Emotions in Risk Regulation, 156 U. Pa. L. Rev. PENNumbra 435 (2008).
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How Do Securities Laws Influence Affect, Happiness, and Trust?, 3 J. Bus. & Tech. L. 257 (2008).
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Authentic Happiness, Self-Knowledge and Legal Policy, 9 Minn. J. L. Sci. & Tech. 755 (2008).
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Huang (with Christopher J. Anderson), A Psychology of Emotional Legal Decision Making: Revulsion and Saving Face in Legal Theory and Practice, 90 Minn. L. Rev. 1045 (2006).
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Moody Investing and the Supreme Court: Rethinking Materiality of Information and Reasonableness of Investors, 13 Sup. Ct. Econ. Rev. 99 (2005).
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Trust, Guilt and Securities Regulation, 151 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1059 (2003).
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Huang (with Matthew D. Adler & Claire Finkelstein), Preferences and Rational Choice: New Perspectives and Legal Implications: Introduction, 151 U. Pa. L. Rev. 707 (2003).
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International Environmental Law and Emotional Rational Choice, 31 J. Legal Stud. S237 (Jan. 2002, pt. 2).
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Huang (with Kimberly D. Krawiec & Frank Partnoy), Derivatives on TV: A Tale of Two Derivatives Debacles in Prime-Time, 4 Green Bag 2d. 257 (2001), excerpted and reprinted in 2(12) Derivatives Fin. Product Rep. 15 (2001).
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Securities Price Risks and Financial Derivative Markets, 21 Nw. J. Int'l. L. & Bus. 589 (2001).
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Huang (with Michael S. Knoll), Corporate Finance, Corporate Law and Finance Theory, 74 S. Cal. L. Rev. 175 (2000).
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Reasons within Passions: Emotions & Intentions in Property Rights Bargaining, 79 Or. L. Rev. 435 (2000).
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Teaching Corporate Law from an Options Perspective, 34 U. Ga. L. Rev. 571 (2000), excerpted and reprinted as Corporate Finance: An Options Perspective, in 2(10) Derivatives Fin. Product Rep. 17 (2001).
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Herd Behavior in Designer Genes, 34 Wake Forest L. Rev. 639 (1999).
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Dangers of Monetary Commensurability: A Psychological Game Model of Contagion, 146 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1701 (1998).
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| Fighting the Zombie-Lawyer Apocalypse | Talks On Law | Friday, June 3, 2022 |
| Stakeholder Capitalism as ESG-Constrained Shareholder Capitalism | The Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog | Friday, March 11, 2022 |
| Expert Advice: Bundling Home and Auto Insurance | MoneyGeek.com | Wednesday, August 4, 2021 |
| Expert Advice: Understanding Full Coverage Car Insurance | MoneyGeek.com | Wednesday, August 4, 2021 |
| CU Students and Faculty Ask: What Does Leadership Mean in Today's World? | Barbara Brooks, Coloradan Alumni Magazine | Friday, July 2, 2021 |
| Combating AAPI Hate | Jamison Chung et al., Regulatory Review | Saturday, May 8, 2021 |
| Loneliness Is the Other Pandemic | Emily Lever, Law360 | Wednesday, March 3, 2021 |
| Law Prof Focuses On Positives From COVID-19 Pandemic | Paul Caron, TaxProf Blog | Sunday, February 7, 2021 |
| Law Prof Focuses on Positives from the COVID-19 Pandemic | Stephanie Francis Ward, ABA Journal | Monday, January 25, 2021 |
| International Law in Times of Crisis | South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business, Keynote Presentation | Friday, November 6, 2020 |
| Becoming a Lawyer Doesn't Have to Kill You: How Law Schools Are Helping Students Be Well | Lex: Versions and Subversions | Tuesday, October 13, 2020 |
| Reimagining Governance After Covid-19 | Modern Diplomacy | Friday, September 18, 2020 |
| Addressing Emotions from COVID-19, Racial Inequity, and Civil Unrest | ABA Dispute Resolution Section webinar - password: 5D%7g6w? | Thursday, June 18, 2020 |
| Legal Field Could Benefit From Mindfulness Training: Paper | Law360 | Wednesday, February 1, 2017 |
| Investigation on Climate Change Fraud Intensifies, with 15 States Joining Coalition | Houston Chronicle | Tuesday, March 29, 2016 |
| Mindfulness: A Pathway to Success, Happiness, and Conflict Resolution | ABA Section of Science & Technology Law | Thursday, March 24, 2016 |
| Would You Give Up Your 401(k) Information to Score a Free Burrito? | Martha C. White, Money | Wednesday, March 23, 2016 |
| As Reward for Getting Your 401(k) Checked, This Firm Will Give You a Free Chipotle Burrito | MarketWatch | Saturday, March 19, 2016 |
| Behavioral Economist Richard Thaler on the Key to Retirement Savings | Robert Powell, The Wall Street Journal | Sunday, November 29, 2015 |
| It's time to empower investors, not nudge them | MarketWatch | Friday, September 11, 2015 |
| Risk and Reward in the Housing Market: a Conversation With Economist Robert Shiller | WNPR | Tuesday, March 17, 2015 |
| Article of the Month: Peter H. Huang, Tiger Cub Strikes Back: Memoirs of an Ex-Child Prodigy about Legal Education and Parenting | Institute for Law Teaching and Learning | Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
| Kathleen Haley, Mindset, Happiness and Law School | Syracuse University News | Wednesday, August 22, 2012 |
| Legal red lights flash over Simply Orange | The Times of London | Monday, April 9, 2012 |
| University commemorates Asian Pacific American heritage in April | Syracuse University News | Wednesday, April 4, 2012 |
| Debra Cassens Weiss, 'Tiger Cub' Law Prof Says Parents and Schools Should Teach More About Emotional Intelligence | ABA Journal Law News Now | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| Staci Zaretsky, Quote of the Day: Paging Amy Chua | Above the Law | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
