Amy Peikoff

Amy Peikoff
Born Amy Lynn Rambach
1968 or 1969
Occupation Philosopher, lawyer, professor
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., J.D.)
Pepperdine University
University of Southern California (Ph.D.)
Subject Objectivism, privacy, intellectual property
Website
dontletitgo.com

Amy Lynn Peikoff (née Rambach, born 1968 or 1969) is a writer, blogger, and a professor of philosophy and law.

Personal life

Amy Peikoff studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Applied Science in 1992 and her Juris Doctor in 1998, having attended her first year of law school at Pepperdine University.[1] She was the editor of the UCLA Law Review.[2] She then earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy at the University of Southern California in 2003.[1] She is the third ex-wife of fellow Objectivist scholar Leonard Peikoff and the ex-stepmother of novelist Kira Peikoff.[3]

Career

Amy Peikoff is a member of the State Bar of California, having been admitted in May 2002.[4] She has worked with The Association for Objective Law, an organization that promotes Objectivism in the legal sector, and her legal work has included the submission of an amicus curiae brief in support of Elián González's right of residence in the United States.[5]

Peikoff has taught law and philosophy at Southwestern University, Chapman University, the United States Air Force Academy, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Texas at Austin.[2] She has also spoken to audiences at DePaul University[6] and Stanford University. Her specialisms include privacy, intellectual property, and Objectivism.

She has contributed articles to the NYU Journal of Law & Liberty,[7] The Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law,[8] the Brandeis Law Journal,[9] Philosophical Explorations,[10] Ethics,[11] The Philadelphia Inquirer,[12] the Los Angeles Times,[13] The Washington Times,[14] and to books such as Essays on Ayn Rand's Anthem and Essays on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. She was interviewed for the 2011 documentary film, Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged,[15] and she is an occasional guest host of The Tammy Bruce Show.[16]

Peikoff runs an Objectivist blog and podcast called Don't Let It Go, named after an essay in Ayn Rand's Philosophy: Who Needs It.[17]

Peikoff is currently writing a book called Legalizing Privacy: Why and How, on the value of privacy for a virtuous life and how to protect it.[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Amy Peikoff: Adjunct Associate Professor of Law". Southwestern Law School. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Southwestern Welcomes New Adjunct Faculty". Southwestern Law School. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Heller, Anne C. (2009), Ayn Rand and the World She Made, New York: Doubleday, p. 413, ISBN 978-0-385-51399-9, OCLC229027437.
  4. ↑ "Amy Lynn Peikoff". The State Bar of California. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "In the United States District Court for the Southern District of California". Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. March 2000. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Please Join Us Monday Night for the IP Scholars Conference Dinner". DePaul University. July 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  7. ↑ Peikoff, Amy L. "Beyond Reductionism: Reconsidering the Right to Privacy". NYU Journal of Law & Liberty. 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "The Right to Privacy: Contemporary Reductionists and Their Critics". Social Science Research Network. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "NO CORN ON THIS COBB: WHY REDUCTIONISTS SHOULD BE ALL EARS FOR PAVESICH". LexisNexis. Summer 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Rational Action Entails Rational Desire: A Critical Review of Searle's Rationality in Action". Taylor & Francis Online. 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  11. ↑ "Preview". JSTOR. January 2005. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  12. ↑ Peikoff, Amy. "New attack on copyright law will make creativity pointless". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 14 October 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  13. ↑ Peikoff, Amy. "Set Downey Free to Solve His Problems". Los Angeles Times. 26 April 2001. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  14. ↑ Peikoff, Amy. "PEIKOFF: Holding out for a political hero". The Washington Times. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "Cast and Crew". Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  16. ↑ Bruce, Tammy. "Amy Peikoff Filling In For Today’s Tammy Radio". The Tammy Bruce Show. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  17. ↑ "About". Don't Let It Go. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  18. ↑ "Amy". Don't Let It Go. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

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