Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration, and the Rule of Law

Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration, and the Rule of Law

by Richard A. Epstein
ISBN-10:
0674061845
ISBN-13:
9780674061842
Pub. Date:
11/15/2011
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10:
0674061845
ISBN-13:
9780674061842
Pub. Date:
11/15/2011
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration, and the Rule of Law

Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration, and the Rule of Law

by Richard A. Epstein
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Overview

The noted legal scholar Richard Epstein advocates a much smaller federal government, arguing that our over-regulated state gives too much discretion to regulators, which results in arbitrary, unfair decisions and other abuses. Epstein bases his classical liberalism on the twin pillars of the rule of law and of private contracts and property rights.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780674061842
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 11/15/2011
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 5.70(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Richard A. Epstein is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law and Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. He is the author of, among other books, Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain; Simple Rules for a Complex World; Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration, and the Rule of Law; and The Dubious Morality of Modern Administrative Law.

Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Introduction: From Small to Large Government
1. The Traditional Conception of the Rule of Law
2. Reasonableness Standards and the Rule of Law
3. Where Natural Law and Utilitarianism Converge
4. Where Natural Law and Utilitarianism Diverge
5. Property Rights in the Grand Social Scheme
6. The Bundle of Rights
7. Eminent Domain
8. Liberty Interests
9. Positive-SumProjects
10. Redistribution Last
11. The Rule of Law Diminished
12. Retroactivity
13. Modern Applications: Financial Reform and Health Care
14. Final Reflections
Notes
Index of Cases
General Index
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