Ilya Somin

Somin in a video for Libertarianism.org in 2012
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Ilya Somin (born 1973) is a law professor at George Mason University, B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, a blogger for the Volokh Conspiracy, and a former co-editor of the Supreme Court Economic Review (2006–2013).[1][2][3] His research focuses on constitutional law, property law, migration rights, and the study of popular political participation and its implications for constitutional democracy.[4]

He is the author of Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom[5] (Oxford University Press, 2020, rev. ed. 2022), Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter,[6] The Grasping Hand: "Kelo v. City of New London" and the Limits of Eminent Domain and A Conspiracy Against Obamacare: The Volokh Conspiracy and the Health Care Case (co-authored with other Volokh Conspiracy bloggers).[7] A revised and expanded second edition of Democracy and Political Ignorance came out in June 2016.[8] He is also the author of two books about property rights and eminent domain: The Grasping Hand: "Kelo v. City of New London" and the Limits of Eminent Domain (University of Chicago Press, revised edition, 2016), a book on the topic of eminent domain, takings and the US Supreme Court's controversial decision in Kelo v. City of New London,[9] and Eminent Domain: A Comparative Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2017), co-edited with Hojun Lee and Iljoong Kim.

  1. ^ Somin, Ilya. "Personal webpage". Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  2. ^ "Ilya Somin". Cato Institute.
  3. ^ "Supreme Court Economic Review - Electronic Edition". University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
  4. ^ Somin, Ilya (2 October 2013). Ilya Somin. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-8661-4.
  5. ^ Somin, Ilya (2020). Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-005458-8.
  6. ^ Somin, Ilya (2 October 2013). Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-8661-4.
  7. ^ Barnett, R.; Adler, J.; Bernstein, D.; Kerr, O.; Kopel, D.; Somin, I. (12 November 2013). A Conspiracy Against Obamacare: The Volokh Conspiracy and the Health Care Case. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-36373-2. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  8. ^ Somin, Ilya (15 June 2016). Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter, Second Edition. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-9931-7.
  9. ^ Somin, Ilya. The Grasping Hand: "Kelo v. City of New London" and the Limits of Eminent Domain. University of Chicago Press.