Robert P. George
Robert P. George | |
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George in 2018 | |
| Born | Robert Peter George July 10, 1955 |
| Awards | Presidential Citizens Medal Canterbury Medal Irving Kristol Award Philip Merrill Award Sidney Hook Memorial Award James Q. Wilson Award Bradley Prize Barry Prize (2023) |
| Education | |
| Education | Swarthmore College (BA) Harvard University (MTS, JD) University of Oxford (DPhil, BCL, DCL, DLitt) |
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| Doctoral advisor | John Finnis Joseph Raz |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | New Natural Law |
| Institutions | Princeton University University of Oxford Harvard University American Enterprise Institute Witherspoon Institute Pepperdine University |
Robert Peter George (born July 10, 1955) is an American legal scholar, political philosopher, and public intellectual who is 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 co-founded 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. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School.