RICHARD A. EPSTEIN

2025 Recipient of THE GEORGE F. WILL AWARD

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Richard A. Epstein is the inaugural Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, where he serves as a Director of the Classical Liberal Institute, which he help found in 2013. He has served as the Peter and Kirstin Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution since 2000. Epstein is also the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law Emeritus and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago.

He has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1985 and has been a senior fellow of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago Division of Biological Sciences since 1983. He was a winner of the Bradley Prize in 2011.

Richard A. Epstein and George Will: In Conversation

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Law & Liberty Book Reviews, Forums, Podcasts & Articles by Richard Epstein

Explore a collection of book reviews , forums , podcasts and articles authored by Richard Epstein and published on Law and Liberty.

The Intellectual Portrait Series  A Conversation with Ronald H. Coase with Richard A. Epstein
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Richard Epstein on the Rule of Law
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The Legacy of Friedrich von Hayek, vol. 2 Hayekian Socialism

The 2nd lecture in a collection of 7 lectures which were given between October 7 and November 13 1999 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Austrian economist Friedrich von Hayek.

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2026 Honoree Niall Ferguson

Sir Niall Ferguson, FRSE, is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. He is the author of 16 books, including The Pity of War, The House of Rothschild, and Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist, which won the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Prize. He is an award-winning filmmaker, too, having received an international Emmy for his PBS series The Ascent of Money. He is a columnist with The Free Press and The Times of London.

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2024 Honoree Gordon Wood

Professor Gordon Wood is the Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University. For his impressive scholarship he has won the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the National Humanities Medal.

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The George F. Will Award for the Advancement of Liberty and the Free Society was inspired by Liberty Fund’s founder, Pierre F. Goodrich, and his dedication to enriching our understanding and appreciation of the complex nature of a society of free and responsible individuals.

Named after George F. Will, America’s foremost columnist and a devoted friend of liberty, this award recognizes individuals who, like him, have made significant contributions to our understanding of the free society, individual liberty, and the human condition.