Philip Hamburger is the Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and Chief Executive Officer at the New Civil Liberties Alliance. Before coming to Columbia, he was the John P. Wilson Professor at the University of Chicago Law School.
He writes on constitutional law and its history—with particular emphasis on religious liberty, freedom of speech and the press, judicial office, administrative power, and unconstitutional conditions.
His books are Separation of Church and State (Harvard 2002), Law and Judicial Duty (Harvard 2008), Is Administrative Law Unlawful? (Chicago 2014), The Administrative Threat (Encounter 2017), and Liberal Suppression: Section 501(c)(3) and the Taxation of Speech (Chicago 2018). A forthcoming book is Purchasing Submission: Conditions, Power, and Freedom (Harvard 2021).
He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he has served on the board of directors of the American Society for Legal History. He has twice received the Sutherland Prize for the most significant contribution to English legal history, and has been awarded the Henry Paolucci - Walter Bagehot Book Award, the Hayek Book Prize, and the Bradley Prize.
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Administrative Law and Regulation: What Is the Future of Administrative Law?
2024 National Lawyers Convention
The Washington Hilton1919 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20009
Nondelegation Blues: A Conversation with Professor Philip Hamburger
Harvard Student Chapter
Harvard Law School1585 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
The Bane of the Administrative State? The Nondelegation and Major Questions Doctrines After West Virginia v. EPA
DC Young Lawyers Chapter
America's Square300 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
Administrative Law and Regulation: What Is the Future of Administrative Law?
2024 National Lawyers Convention
The Supreme Court's latest term was one of its most significant for administrative law. The...
Administrative Law and Regulation: What Is the Future of Administrative Law?
2024 National Lawyers Convention
The Supreme Court's latest term was one of its most significant for administrative law. The...
Chevron Under Review: Courthouse Steps Preview: Loper Bright & Relentless
Chevron v. NRDC (1984) and subsequent precedents held that courts should defer to agency interpretations...
Chevron Under Review: Courthouse Steps Preview: Loper Bright & Relentless
Chevron v. NRDC (1984) and subsequent precedents held that courts should defer to agency interpretations...
Luncheon Address & Panel: Administrative State on the Brink?
Tenth Annual Executive Branch Review
Over the past 85 years the administrative state has been a dominant feature in the...