Locke Institute

According to its website The Locke Institute was founded in 1989 "as an independent, non-partisan educational and research organization. Named for the philosopher and political theorist John Locke (1632-1704), the Institute ascribes to his theory that society is based on the law of nature and that the individual is the ultimate source of political sovereignty".

"The Institute endorses Locke's proposition that individuals are possessed of inalienable rights to life, liberty, and property. It is the principal function of the state to uphold these rights since free individuals otherwise would not enter into political society," its website states. 

Board Members:


 * Charles K. Rowley, General Director
 * Arthur Seldon, Editorial Director
 * Robert S. Elgin, Financial Director
 * Amanda J. Owens, Legal Studies Director
 * James T. Bennett, Program Director
 * Gordon Tullock, Education Director

Academic Advisory Council:


 * Richard A. Epstein (Council President), Professor of Law, University of Chicago
 * Armen Alchian, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles
 * Norman Barry, Professor of Political Science, University of Buckingham
 * Michael A. Crew, Professor of Economics, Rutgers University
 * Antony de Jasay, Janville Paluel, France
 * Harold Demsetz, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles
 * William M. Landes, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
 * Sir Alan Peacock, The David Hume Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland
 * Judge Richard A. Posner, Chief Judge U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Senior Lecturer University of Chicago
 * Robert D. Tollison, Professor of Economics George Mason University
 * Gordon Tullock, Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of Arizona
 * Karen Vaughn, Professor of Economics, George Mason University
 * Edwin G. West, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Carleton University (died on October 6, 2001 )

Contact information
The Locke Institute 4084 University Drive, Suite 103 Fairfax, Virginia 22030-6812 USA Tel: 703-934-6934 Fax: 703-352-9747 web site: www.thelockeinstitute.org