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Stephan Kinsella

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Norman Stephan Kinsella (born 1965) is an American intellectual property lawyer and libertarian legal theorist. Kinsella is the founder and Editor of Libertarian Papers, Director of the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom, and General Counsel for Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. He is a former partner with Duane Morris LLP and was adjunct law professor at South Texas College of Law.

His books include Property, Freedom, and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (co-editor, with Jörg Guido Hülsmann, Mises Institute, 2009); Against Intellectual Property (Mises Institute, 2008); International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide (Oxford University Press, 2005 [2nd ed. forthcoming 2010]), and several other legal treatises, as well a numerous publications in law reviews. Kinsella's libertarian articles have appeared in journals such as 'The Freeman, The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Reason Papers, the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, LewRockwell.com, and Mises Daily.

Kinsella received his LL.M. (international business law) from King’s College London, his JD from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, and his B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University. His cv and legal publication may be found at his KinsellaLaw.com; libertarian publications at StephanKinsella.com.

Bibliography

  • Protecting Foreign Investment Under International Law: Legal Aspects of Political Risk (with Paul E. Comeaux). Oceana Publications, 1997. ISBN 978-0379213713
  • Online Contract Formation (with Andrew Simpson). Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0379215199
  • International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner's Guide (with Noah Rubins). Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0379215229
  • Against Intellectual Property. Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-1933550329

External links

Contact this Mises Institute faculty member at: nskinsella@gmail.com
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