Frederick Schauer
Frederick Schauer is the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia and Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is well known for his work on American constitutional law, especially free speech, and on legal reasoning, especially the nature and value of legal formalism. In 2013, Schauer was the third highest paid professor at UVA Law, earning $302,000 that year.
In his 1982 book Free Speech: A Philosophical Enquiry, Schauer says that government attempts to restrict freedom of expression have resulted in a disproportionate number of government mistakes. He argued that when governments restrict expression, they are incentivized to censor criticism of themselves, which makes it harder for them to assess the cost and benefits of their subsequent actions. At the University of Chicago Law School, wrote an essay with Barbara Spellman, called " Analogy, Expertise, and Experience."Education
- J.D. Harvard Law School 1972
- M.B.A. Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College 1968
- A.B. Dartmouth College 1967
Publications
- The Force of Law.
- The Theory of Rules, by Karl Llewellyn, edited and with an introduction by Schauer.
- Thinking Like a Lawyer: A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning.
- , 120 Harv. L. Rev. 4.
- Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes.
- Playing By the Rules: A Philosophical Examination of Rule-Based Decision-Making in Law and in Life.
- The Philosophy of Law: Classic and Contemporary Readings with Commentary .
- Supplements to Gunther, Constitutional Law.
- Law and Language .
- The First Amendment: A Reader .
- Free Speech: A Philosophical Enquiry.
- The Law of Obscenity.
