本課程目的以建立學生經濟學基本概念，學習面對有限資源，如何進行選擇．本課程將特別著重在經濟動機的說明，以利法律系的冋學瞭解許多社會現象背後的經濟因素及制度設計的邏輯．

The purpose of this course is to establish basic concepts of economics for students, learn how to choose between limited resources. This course will focus specifically on the explanation of economic engines to facilitate the legal department to understand the economic factors behind many social phenomena and the logic of institutional design.

經濟學是研究如何把稀少性資源，做最有效率配置的一門學問，旨在探討人們在有限的資源下如何做選擇，以及人們所選擇的活動，會造成什麼樣的結果。因此，經濟學也可說是一門研究選擇的科學。本課程介紹基本經濟學概念及分析工具，用來研究如何把有限資源配置到各個彼此互斥的用途上，以期對經濟活動（行為） 有深入的瞭解。課程內容涵蓋個體經濟學及總體經濟學。個體經濟內容包括：理性選擇方法、市場如何運作、市場失靈與政府角色、訊息不對稱、法律之經濟分析等。總體經濟內容包括：總體經濟探討議題、國民所得的意義、物價膨脹與失業、貨幣與金融市場、國際經濟等。

Economics is a study of how to use rare sex resources to make the most efficient allocation, aiming to explore how people choose under limited resources, and what results will result from the activities they choose. Therefore, economics can also be said to be a science of research and selection. This course introduces basic economic concepts and analytical tools to study how to configure limited resources to each mutually exclusive uses in order to gain an in-depth understanding of economic activities (behavior). The course content covers individual economics and overall economics. Personal economic content includes: method of rational selection, how the market operates, market loss and government role, inconsistent information, and economic analysis of the law. The overall economic content includes: general economic discussions, the meaning of national income, price inflation and unemployment, currency and financial markets, international economy, etc.

基礎經濟學：思惟與運用，第三版，羅台雄著。五南出版社。

Basic Economics: Thought and Use, Third Edition, written by Luo Taixiong. Wunan Publishing House.