Richard A. Epstein, a Fellow of the American Academy since 1985, is James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago and the Peter and Kirsten Senior Bedford Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He has written numerous books, including 鈥淭akings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain鈥 (1985), 鈥淪imple Rules for a Complex World鈥 (1995), 鈥淧rinciples for a Free Society: Reconciling Individual Liberty with the Common Good鈥 (1998), and 鈥淪kepticism and Freedom: A Modern Case for Classical Liberalism鈥 (2003).