Butler D. Shaffer (January 12, 1935 – December 29, 2019) was an American author, law professor and speaker, known for his numerous libertarian books and blog articles for LewRockwell.com.

[4] Later, he joined the firm of Nelson, Harding, Marchetti, Leonard and Tate and started an academic career at the University of Nebraska College of Business Administration.

Peace is incompatible with institutional activity.”[4][11] During this period, Shaffer had come to the conclusion “that limited government was a chimera and that the state was by nature opposed to liberty.”[10] Eventually, he became more responsive to the anarcho-capitalist ideology of Murray Rothbard and Robert LeFevre.

Taking a strong libertarian position, Shaffer wrote a weekly column for Freedom Communications Newspaper chain for many years.

[12] He joined with Sy Leon in helping to operate Rampart College in Santa Ana, California, after LeFevre resigned his position in 1973.