Robert P. George

Robert P. George
George in 2018
Born
Robert Peter George

(1955-07-10) July 10, 1955 (age 69)
EducationSwarthmore College (BA)
Harvard University (MTS, JD)
Oxford University (DPhil, BCL, DCL, DLitt)
AwardsPresidential Citizens Medal
Canterbury Medal
Irving Kristol Award
Philip Merrill Award
Sidney Hook Memorial Award
James Q. Wilson Award
Bradley Prize
Barry Prize
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAristotelianism
Thomism
InstitutionsPrinceton University
Oxford University
Harvard University
American Enterprise Institute
Witherspoon Institute
Pepperdine University
Thesis
Doctoral advisorJohn Finnis
Joseph Raz

Robert Peter George (born July 10, 1955) is an American legal scholar, political philosopher, and public intellectual who serves as the sixth McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He lectures on constitutional interpretation, civil liberties, philosophy of law, and political philosophy.

George is also the founder of the Witherspoon Institute, where he is the Herbert W. Vaughan senior fellow. He is also a senior fellow of the American Enterprise Institute, and is the Ronald Reagan Honorary Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Nootbaar Honorary Distinguished Professor of Law at Pepperdine University.[1] He has frequently been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School.

  1. ^ "Philosopher and Legal Scholar Robert George to Join Pepperdine Caruso School of Law and School of Public Policy as Honorary Distinguished Professor | Pepperdine University". Pepperdine University. March 15, 2021. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

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