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Richard A. Epstein
Adjunct Scholar
Richard A. Epstein, the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at NYU Law School, is an expert on numerous areas of the law, including property, torts, land use, civil procedure, contract law, workers' compensation, and Roman law. He is the author of Takings: Private Property and Eminent Domain, Mortal Peril: Our Inalienable Right to Health Care, Skepticism and Freedom: A Modern Case for Classical Liberalism, and Simple Rules for a Complex World. He is also the Peter and Kirsten Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago where he was on the regular faculty from 1973 to 2010.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
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Articles and Newsletters
"The Dangerous Experiment of the Durbin Amendment," Regulation, Vol. 33, No. 1, Spring 2011.
"Takings Law Made Hard," Regulation, Vol. 32, No. 4, Winter 2009-2010.
"The Ominous Employee Free Choice Act," Regulation, Vol. 32, No. 1, Spring 2009.
Opinion and Commentary
"BP Doesn't Deserve a Liability Cap," The Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2010
"Why the Obama Stimulus Plan Must Fail," Forbes, July 21, 2009
"The Employee Free Choice Act Is Unconstitutional," The Wall Street Journal, December 19, 2008
"Robert Nozick Vs. The U.S. Congress," Forbes, October 8, 2008
"The Problem With Presidential Signing Statements," Chicago Tribune, July 16, 2006
Legal Briefs
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, January 6, 2012 (PDF, 427 KB)
Colony Cove Properties v. City of Carson, September 14, 2011 (PDF, 197 KB)
Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, February 3, 2010 (PDF, 194 KB)
Events
"Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration, and the Rule of Law," December 15, 2011 [Book Forum]
"Supreme Neglect: How to Revive Constitutional Protection for Private Property," March 6, 2008 [Book Forum]
"How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution," February 15, 2006 [Book Forum]
Multimedia
Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration, and the Rule of Law with Roger Pilon and Adam Liptak (December 15, 2011) [Events, 42:01]
The Constitution of Liberty: The Definitive Edition with Bruce Caldwell, George Soros and Ronald Hamowy (April 28, 2011) [Events, 01:25:01]
Richard A. Epstein discusses his WSJ op-ed on the BP oil spill on WBAL's The C4 Show (June 21, 2010) [Media Highlights - Radio, 06:13]
Labor Relations, Collective Choice and 'Card Check' (March 17, 2009) [Daily Podcast, 09:31]
Coercion, State, and the Minimum Wage (July 9, 2007) [Daily Podcast, 09:28]
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