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Dr. John Hasnas argues that the market failure argument for government regulation is defective, and that an important source of regulation of the market comes not from legislation but from the common law, through tort law and civil liability.
This lecture was part of the online IHS summer seminar, “The Classical Liberal Tradition,” which took place June 16-21, 2020. To watch other lectures from this seminar, see our playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNeQlRoOOIMkHbv4SPTN8nF5U3_uYSYTr
John Hasnas is a professor of business at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, a professor of law (by courtesy) at Georgetown University Law Center, and the executive director of the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics. Professor Hasnas has held previous appointments as associate professor of law at George Mason University School of Law, visiting associate professor of law at Duke University School of Law and the Washington College of Law at American University, and Law and Humanities Fellow at Temple University School of Law. Professor Hasnas has also been a visiting scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics in Washington, DC and the Social Philosophy and Policy Center in Bowling Green, Ohio. He received his B.A. in Philosophy from Lafayette College, his J.D. and Ph.D. in Legal Philosophy from Duke University, and his LL.M. in Legal Education from Temple Law School. His scholarship concerns ethics and white collar crime, jurisprudence, and legal history.
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Dr. John Hasnas argues that the market failure argument for government regulation is defective, and that an important source of regulation of the market comes not from legislation but from the common law, through tort law and civil liability.
This lecture was part of the online IHS summer seminar, “The Classical Liberal Tradition,” which took place June 16-21, 2020. To watch other lectures from this seminar, see our playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNeQlRoOOIMkHbv4SPTN8nF5U3_uYSYTr
John Hasnas is a professor of business at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, a professor of law (by courtesy) at Georgetown University Law Center, and the executive director of the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics. Professor Hasnas has held previous appointments as associate professor of law at George Mason University School of Law, visiting associate professor of law at Duke University School of Law and the Washington College of Law at American University, and Law and Humanities Fellow at Temple University School of Law. Professor Hasnas has also been a visiting scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics in Washington, DC and the Social Philosophy and Policy Center in Bowling Green, Ohio. He received his B.A. in Philosophy from Lafayette College, his J.D. and Ph.D. in Legal Philosophy from Duke University, and his LL.M. in Legal Education from Temple Law School. His scholarship concerns ethics and white collar crime, jurisprudence, and legal history.
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