religion children birth_place awards nationality article_title birth_date known_for spouse employer education name
judaism 3 new york city , new york , united states bradley and sciences -lrb- 1985 -rrb- prize -lrb- 2011 -rrb- american academy of arts american richard allen epstein
 17 april 1943 tort law , law and economics , classical liberalism eileen w. epstein new york university university of chicago hoover institution columbia -rrb- yale university -lrb- ll.b . -rrb- university -lrb- b.a. -rrb- oxford university -lrb- 1st richard a. epstein
richard allen epstein

richard allen epstein -lrb- born april 17 , 1943 -rrb- is an american scholar , educator , lawyer , and author , best known for his writings and studies on classical liberalism , torts , and a wide variety of topics in law and economics .
epstein is currently the laurence a. tisch professor of law at new york university , a senior fellow at the hoover institution of stanford university , and professor emeritus and a senior lecturer at the university of chicago .
epstein 's writings have extensively influenced modern american legal thought .
in 2000 , a study published in `` the journal of legal studies '' identified epstein as the 12th-most cited legal scholar of the 20th century .
in 2008 , he was chosen in a poll taken by `` legal affairs '' as one of the most influential legal thinkers of modern times .
a study of legal publications between 2009 and 2013 found epstein to be the 3rd-most frequently cited american legal scholar during that period , behind only cass sunstein and erwin chemerinsky .
he has been a member of the american academy of arts and sciences since 1985 .
