Richard Epstein

Obama's Self-Inflicted Scandal - By Richard A. Epstein

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:35:28 GMT

Source: www.foreignpolicy.com --- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The only thing transparent about the White House is its perverse penchant for secrecy. ...

RICHARD EPSTEIN: Watching ObamaCare Unravel….

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:02:14 GMT

Source: pjmedia.com --- Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Richard Epstein: Watching ObamaCare Unravel. ...

RICHARD A. EPSTEIN: Watching Obamacare Unravel | Hoover Institution

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:57:18 GMT

Source: www.politicalnewsnow.com --- Tuesday, May 14, 2013
May 14, 2013 by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force) The “Affordable Care Act” is becoming an unsustainable mess. It’s time to scrap it entirely. On Friday, May 10, President Obama ventured into Ohio to give a Mother’s Day defense of the sagging fortunes of his signal achievement, the misnamed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The law, the President assures us, “is here to stay”—a comment that is best regarded as a threat and not a promise. His conclusion was not coincidental; support for the ACA has dropped from 42 percent to 35 percent between November 2012 and April 2013. This recent drop in popularity is not a function of some detailed analysis of the ACA’s key provisions. Rather, the public seems to feel that the sheer complexity of the program makes it highly unlikely that it will be able to take effect in any form by its ostensible January 1, 2014 start date. The most obvious difficulty in implementation stems from the unwillingness of many states to participate in its two gargantuan initiatives, even with heavy federal support: the private exchanges (now called “marketplaces”) for individuals, and the Medicaid extension to additional individuals. via Watching Obamacare Unravel | Hoover Institution . ...

Richard Epstein: The Way Forward in Bangladesh

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:35:00 GMT

Source: breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com --- Monday, May 13, 2013
...

Richard Epstein on Harper's "The Lawyer Bubble"

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:50:00 GMT

Source: leiterlawschool.typepad.com --- Friday, May 10, 2013
From the conclusion of what is a quite measured review of a lazy and careless book: "Mr. Harper's blunderbuss condemnation of most large firms and... ...

Professor Richard Epstein on Legal Education: A Reply

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:41:52 GMT

Source: lawprofessors.typepad.com --- Thursday, May 09, 2013
A few days ago, one of my co-bloggers had a post on Professor Richard Epstein’s review of Stephen Harper’s, The Lawyer’s Bubble. In this post, I will comment on Professor Epstein’s remarks on legal education reform. He argues, "If 50... ...

A Response to Richard Epstein’s Review of “The Lawyer Bubble”

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:06:36 GMT

Source: www.legalethicsforum.com --- Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Richard Epstein has published this review in the Wall Street Journal of Steven Harper’s provocative new book, The Lawyer Bubble. In a nutshell, Epstein believes that Harper’s criticisms and concerns are overblown, especially with regard to the future of “Big... ...

Richard Epstein Versus the Pope

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:23:33 GMT

Source: www.futureofcapitalism.com --- Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Libertarian law professor Richard Epstein's latest column is up at the Hoover Institution's Defining Ideas website. In it, he writes about the collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh in which hundreds of workers were killed: Bangladesh does not need ...

Richard Epstein : Is the Legal Industry in Crisis?

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:22:39 GMT

Source: ricochet.com --- Monday, May 06, 2013
There has been much anxiety of late over the future of the legal services industry -- a term that covers both the private practice of law and legal education, but also extends beyond that to cover lawyers who work in government or in private business. In the Wall Street Journal today , I reviewed a particularly gloomy take on the future of the industry: Steven J. Harper's new book, The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis. The review that I wrote was meant to call attention to the overwrought nature of his conclusion. While Harper's book focuses on the collapse of a few poorly managed megafirms, I note that he: ... [I]gnores the more salient fact that the vast majority of big firms have avoided this grisly fate. Mr. Harper never looks into how these savvy firms survive in a tough environment. They do so, in part, by avoiding overstaffing, by cutting bad clients and by paying premium wages to young associatesâmany of whom, debts paid, happily bail out for less stressful work as in-house counsel for companies or in the government and nonprofit sectors. Over all, the model proves stable: With Congress passing monstrosities like Dodd-Frank and the Affordable Care Act, top-flight legal talent is needed more than ever to guide well-heeled clients through the growing regulatory maze. Ironically, Mr. Harper misses the most significant recent dislocation in the practice of law, which is at the consumer end of the market: the rise of lo ...

Richard Epstein : On Public Surveillance After Boston

Fri, 03 May 2013 21:28:35 GMT

Source: ricochet.com --- Friday, May 03, 2013
In my column for Hoover's Defining Ideas this week, I looked at the discomfort that is emerging in Massachusetts over proposals that drones and other forms of surveillance be used at next year's Boston Marathon. As I note there: ... [T]he last thing needed in these difficult circumstances is a squeamishness about aggressive government action. It is wholly unwise to think that we can turn surveillance devices on and off with the flip of a switch ... and still get the information we need. The correct approach is to ... collect troves of information about the conduct of people in public places, which can then be stored for future use. The key protection of civil liberties lies in the restricted access and use of that information. Unauthorized use is subject to severe penalties and should be invoked to allow for the full collection of the relevant information. Indeed, similar activities have to take place in monitoring the Internet use of suspected terroristsâand similar constraints must apply. The information can be collected and reviewed for limited law enforcement purposes, so long as its unauthorized release or use is subject to heavy criminal sanctions. This has occasioned some discomfort amongst my libertarian friends, including Jim Harper at the Cato Institute, whose critical response is here . I've responded at Cato . An excerpt from my rejoinder: ... It was painfully clear from the pattern of events in Boston that the priv ...