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Richard Allen Epstein (born April 17, 1943) is currently the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.

Born in Chicago, he has written on a wide variety of legal topics, and is known for a generally libertarian approach to issues in legal theory. Epstein is well-known for his arguments against anti-discrimination laws, among other positions. At the Law School, Epstein is known for his cheerful, talkative manner as well as his confident views.

Perhaps his most well-known work is Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain, published by Harvard University Press in 1985. In that book, Epstein argues the government should be regarded with the same respect as any other private entity in a property dispute. Though Senator Joseph Biden denounced the book in Justice Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearings, the book served as a focal point in the argument about the government's ability to control private property. ^[1]

Epstein graduated summa cum laude from Columbia with a B.A. in 1964. He received a B.A. in jurisprudence from Oxford in 1966 (with First Class Honors). He graduated cum laude from Yale Law School with an LL.B. in 1968. He began his teaching career at the University of Southern California Law School.

Contents 1 Books Epstein has written or edited 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

• 2006. How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution. Cato Institute.
• 2003. Skepticism and Freedom: A Modern Case for Classical Liberalism. University of Chicago Press.
• 2001 (with Cass Sunstein). The Vote: Bush, Gore & the Supreme Court. University of Chicago Press.
• 2000. Cases and Materials on Torts, 7th ed. Aspen Law & Business. 1995, 6th ed., Little, Brown & Co. 1990, 5th ed., Little, Brown & Co.
• 2000 (editor). Liberty, Property and the Law (5 Volumes, with series introduction and volume introductions). Garlard Press.
• 1999. Torts Aspen Law & Business.
• 1998. Principles for a Free Society: Reconciling Individual Liberty with the Common Good. Perseus.
• 1997. Mortal Peril: Our Inalienable Right to Health Care? Addison-Wesley.
• 1995. Simple Rules for Complex World. Harvard University Press.
• 1993. Bargaining with the State. Princeton University Press.
• 1993. Torts Supplement for Epstein, Cases and Materials on Torts. Little, Brown Inc.
• 1992. Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws. Harvard University Press.
• 1992 (edited with Geoffrey R. Stone & Cass R. Sunstein). The Bill of Rights in the Modern State. University of Chicago Press.
• 1987. Supplement to Cases and Materials on Tort. Little, Brown & Co.
• 1985 (edited with Jeffrey Paul). Labor Law and the Employment Market. New Brunswick: Transaction Press.
• 1985. Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain. Harvard University Press.
• 1984 (with C. Gregory and H. Kalven). Cases and Materials on the Law of Tort, 4th ed. Little, Brown.
• 1981. Supplement to Cases and Materials on the Law of Tort. Little, Brown.
• 1980. Modern Products Liability Law. Quorum Books of the Greenwood Press.

• Libertarian theories of law

• Richard Epstein's Home Page at University of Chicago
• "Taking Exception", interview in Reason by Steve Chapman
• Intellectual Property for the Technological Age, Richard Epstein; New Media, UFM

1. ^ News release