• Discipline: Law
• Organization: Chapman University

Professor Tom W. Bell teaches intellectual property, entertainment, property, tort, contract, and commercial law courses at Chapman University School of Law, where he has taught since 1998.  Before entering academia, he practiced law in Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. and served as Director of Telecommunications and Technology Studies at the Cato Institute.  He earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago School of Law in 1993.

Prof. Bell's long relationship with IHS began with a 1988 seminar.  He thereafter spent a year working at IHS and attended several of its programs.  IHS helped support his law schools studies, for which he remains deeply grateful.  In 1996, Prof. Bell began teaching at IHS seminars, a treat he has enjoyed every summer since.  More recently, he has written and narrated a series of films with LearnLiberty, an IHS project.

Prof. Bell has published scholarship on such topics as copyright law and policy, freedom of expression, and consent theory.  He has also contributed to several group blogs.  For fun, he plays guitar, surfs, and enjoys living in San Clemente with his wife and two kids.

Humane Studies Review Works
Bibliographic Essay - "Polycentric Law," by Tom W. Bell