Laudatio: Ariel Porat

Abstract The European Association of Law and Economics (EALE) grants a biennial Lifetime Achievement Award and Honorary Membership to a scholar “for his or her significant contributions to the field of Law and Economics, in particular to the development of this scientific movement in Europe.” Ariel Porat was the recipient of the EALE award in 2020. As per tradition, the recipient of the award is asked to deliver the EALE Award Lecture the year after the announcement of the prize—an event that, due to the pandemic, was postponed until the 2022 EALE Annual Meeting, which was held in Lisbon (Portugal), on September 15, 2022. The award lecture will be published in the Review of Law & Economics, following these remarks on Ariel Porat’s significant contributions to the field of law and economics.