James Stoner

James Stoner

James R. Stoner, Jr. is Hermann Moyse, Jr., Professor and Director of the Eric Voegelin Institute at Louisiana State University. He wrote Common-Law Liberty (2003) and Common Law and Liberal Theory (1992) and co-edited The Political Thought of the Civil War (2018) and three other books. His A.B. is from Middlebury and his Ph.D. from Harvard.

In classical liberal philosophy, individual pursuit of happiness is made possible by a framework of law.
Institute for Humane Studies
4 min
Laws can't stand by themselves. Professor James Stoner explains why.
6 min
Does the President get to decide when to ignore the law?
Institute for Humane Studies