Richard A. Epstein is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, at New York University, the Peter and Kirstin Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution , and the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus and Senior Lecturer, the University of Chicago. He received an LL.D., h.c . from the University of Ghent, 2003 , and an LLD h.c . from the University of Siegen in 2018 and the Bradley Prize in 2011. He has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1985. He has edited both the Journal of Legal Studies (1981-1991) and the Journal of Law and Economics (1991-2001). He is also a founder and director of the Classical Liberal Institute at NYU Law School. His most recent book is The Classical Liberal Constitution: The Uncertain Quest for Limited Government (2014). His other books include Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Doman ( 1985); Bargaining with the State (1993); Simple Rules for a Complex World (1995); Principles for a Free Society: Reconciling Individual Liberty and the Common Good (1998); Skepticism and Freedom: A Modern Theory of Classical Liberalism (2003); Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration and the Rule of Law (2011). He has taught courses in , administrative law, antitrust, constitutional, contracts, environmental law, land use planning; real property, torts and water law. He has written and spoken extensively on a wide range of topics, and is writes a regular column for Defining Ideas.
The Dubious Morality of Modern Administrative Law
California-Berkeley Student Chapter
University of California, Berkeley, School of LawBoalt Hall, 225 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94720
Public Trust Doctrine and the Jackson Park Lawsuit
Columbia Student Chapter
Columbia Law School435 W 116th St.
New York, NY 10027
Originalism and Changes in Technology
2019 National Lawyers Convention
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
2019 National Lawyers Convention
Originalism
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
The Impeachment Debate
Fordham Student Chapter
Fordham University School of Law150 W 62nd St
New York City, NY 10023
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Keynote Address by Richard Epstein [Archive Collection]
1987 Bicentennial Symposium
On October 16, 1987, The Federalist Society hosted a symposium in celebration of the bicentennial...
Keynote Address by Richard Epstein [Archive Collection]
1987 Bicentennial Symposium
On October 16, 1987, The Federalist Society hosted a symposium in celebration of the bicentennial...
Originalism and Changes in Technology
2019 National Lawyers Convention
On November 14, 2019, the Federalist Society's Intellectual Property Practice Group hosted a panel for...
Originalism and Changes in Technology
2019 National Lawyers Convention
On November 14, 2019, the Federalist Society's Intellectual Property Practice Group hosted a panel for...
Originalism and Changes in Technology
NLC Convention Panel: Intellectual Property
The Patent and Copyright Clause, Article I, § 8m, cl. 8 provides that “The Congress...
Introduction to Common Law
Can simple rules solve social coordination problems better than regulations do? in this series on the Common Law, Professor Richard Epstein of NYU School of...
Approaches to Studying Roman Law
Part I of V in a course on Roman Law. A discussion of natural and positive law in Roman texts with an eye to more...
Property and the Common Law
What kind of rule provides stable property possession within a complex system of property ownership and leasing? Professor Richard Epstein of NYU School of Law...
The Law of Contracts
What kinds of agreements are covered by the law of contracts? Professor Richard Epstein of NYU School of Law gives a basic definition, then goes...
The Roman Law of Persons
In Roman Law, the rights of individuals were inextricable from the context of the family unit. Modern family law and even corporate law can trace...