Richard Thompson Ford is a professor of law at Stanford.
Why you should listen
Richard Thompson Ford studies and writes about the ways law affects culture, the economy and the political system. He's particularly interested in the unnoticed consequences of law and how it shapes our day-to-day lives; the way we design cities and define communities; and how it influences our sense of self, including race and gender roles, religious convictions and our sense of individuality. He has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle Slate and Vox. His latest book is Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History.
