Richard Epstein Explains Private Property Rightsbr The Hoover Institution - Hoover Institutionbr Richard Epstein on Supreme Neglect: How to Revive the Constitutional Protection for Private Property.Law Professor and Hoover Fellow Richard Epstein discusses how modern constitutional law regarding private property rights differs from traditional common law practices dating back hundreds of years - laws which the framers of the Constitution based their philosophy on government's jurisdiction over private property.