Richard A. Epstein

Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University

Richard A. Epstein

Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University

Richard A. Epstein is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at New York University, Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Chicago, and Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. He received an LLB cum laude from Yale Law School and LLD, hc, from the University of Ghent. He is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an Honorary Member of the Law and Economics Association of New Zealand, as well as a Senior Fellow of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago Medical School. He served as editor of the Journal of Legal Studies from 1981 to 1991, and the Journal of Law and Economics from 1991 to 2001.

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April 27, 2020 | News Article
People are eager to go back to work and are tired of having their freedoms curtailed.
Richard A. Epstein
April 10, 2020 | News Article
The losses borne in the economic realm could mean additional deaths will be suffered by the 330...
Richard A. Epstein
April 9, 2020 | News Article
Self-help measures like avoiding crowded spaces make abundant sense, the massive public...
Richard A. Epstein
March 26, 2020 | News Article
The emergency mentality created a one-man gubernatorial dictatorship in each state.
Richard A. Epstein
October 1, 2019 | Book
Equality, Liberty, and the Quest for Human Dignity
Robert Whaples, Michael Munger, Christopher Coyne, Richard A. Epstein
November 20, 2017 | Format: Video, Audio | Type: Independent Institute Events
Throughout the world, America has been known as the “land of the free.” Today however...
Ivan Eland, Richard A. Epstein
July 1, 2015 | The Independent Review
A Man to Remember
Richard A. Epstein
February 2, 2015 | Format: Video, Audio | Type: Independent Institute Events
Richard A. Epstein
August 20, 2012 | News Article
Now that the Supreme Court has held President Obamas Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
Richard A. Epstein
March 9, 2004 | Event
Throughout the world, America has been known as the “land of the free.” Today however...
Richard A. Epstein, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel