Henry N. Butler
Henry G. Manne Chair in Law and Economics
George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
Henry N. Butler is the Henry G. Manne Chair in Law and Economics and executive director of the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics.
His research focuses on antitrust, corporate governance, consumer protection, health-care policy, federalism, environmental policy, and law & economics.
At George Mason University, Butler has held appointments as professor, associate professor, and assistant professor of law and served as associate dean and director of the Law & Economics Center, and previously as dean of the law school.
He previously served as executive director of the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern University School of Law. He also held faculty and research appointments at the University of Kansas, Chapman University, and Texas A&M University and served as a visiting fellow in law & economics at the University of Chicago. In addition, he directed judicial-education programs at the Brookings Institution and the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, developing training programs in economics, finance, accounting, and statistics for federal and state judges.
Butler is the author or co-author of several books, including “Economic Analysis for Lawyers,” “The Corporation and the Constitution” (with Larry E. Ribstein), and “The Sarbanes-Oxley Debacle: What We’ve Learned, How to Fix It” (with Larry E. Ribstein).
He was inducted into the Virginia Tech College of Science Hall of Distinction.
Butler earned a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, a Ph.D. and a master’s in economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and a bachelor’s from the University of Richmond.
