William M Landes

Professor Emeritus of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Law School

Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Law and Economics, and Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. Mr. Landes has written widely on the application of economics and quantitative methods to law and legal institutions, including multiple victim public shootings. Landes has been an editor of the Journal of Law and Economics (1975–1991) and the Journal of Legal Studies (1991–2000), is past president of the American Law and Economics Association, and is a member of the American Economic Association, the Mont Pelerin Society, and the Council of Economic Advisers of the American Enterprise Institute. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Columbia University PhD, Economics, 1966 BA, 1960

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Board Memberships

Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) Gun research group

• Chair, Academic advisory board

Positions

American Enterprise Institute Largest neoconservative think tank

• member, council of economic advisers

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP

• 4 contributions · 6,000 USD ('08→'11)

George W Bush 43rd US president, ex-governor of Texas, son of George H W Bush

• 2 contributions · 4,000 USD ('04)

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 2 contributions · 3,000 USD ('99→'03)

John McCain US Senator and Representative from Arizona

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('08)

Mark Steven Kirk US Senator and Representative from Illinois

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('09)

Memberships

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems.

• Member

Types	Person, Academic
Gender	Male