Journal of Libertarian Studies

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The Inescapability of Law, and of Mises, Rothbard, and Hoppe

Tags: Anarchy, Democracy, Law

12/02/2019 David Dürr

This Murray Rothbard Memorial Lecture, delivered at the 2019 Austrian Economics Research Conference, discusses anarchistic arguments against the classical liberal and social democratic conceptions of the state.

A Practical Approach to Legal-Pluralist Anarchism: Eugen Ehrlich, Evgeny Pashukanis, and Meaningful Freedom through Incremental Jurisprudential Change

Tags: Law, Minarchy, Anarchy

12/02/2019 Jason Morgan

John Hasnas has argued that anarchy must be achieved gradually. The way to Hasnian anarchy or minarchy lies in the application of case law to decrease state power.

The Libertarian Legacy of the Old Right: Democracy and Representative Government

Tags: Old Right, Democracy, Libertarianism, Majority Rule

12/02/2019 Roberta Modugno

What is the relationship between libertarianism and democracy? This article unveils a well-consolidated tradition of criticism of democracy within libertarian political philosophy.

Socialism and the Anarchy of Production

Tags: Coordination, Planning, Anarchy, Socialism

12/02/2019 Carlton M. Smith

Why is it impossible for anyone to develop a comprehensive plan of production as a whole? This article explains, applying the conclusion to the experience of the Soviet Union.

Breaking Boundaries: An Investigation of Libertarian Open Borders

Tags: Immigration, Libertarianism, Liberalism

12/02/2019 Connor K. Kianpour

Libertarian arguments for open borders differ from liberal arguments for open borders, which illuminate how disparate these philosophical traditions are, especially in the manner that they conceive of rights.

Editorial

Tags: Libertarianism

12/02/2019 David Gordon

David Gordon’s editorial for the first issue of the revived Journal of Libertarian Studies.

The Heterodox ‘Fourth Paradigm’ of Libertarianism: An Abstract Eleutherology Plus Critical Rationalism

Tags: Philosophy, Property Rights, Rationalism

12/02/2019 J.C. Lester

Untangling the libertarian concepts of interpersonal liberty, this article proposes a new paradigm of libertarianism to solve the old one’s problems.

The Austrian Theory of Efficiency and the Role of Government

11/09/2019 Roy Cordato

If one starts with a different view of efficiency and market optimality than the accepted notion of perfect competition then an entirely different set of conclusions relative to government intervention can be reached.

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Restitution in Theory and Practice

Tags: Philosophy and Methodology, Free Markets, Legal System

04/19/2019 Bruce L. Benson

State-centered ideas around crime focus on imprisonment and punishment. But a restitution-centered model would be much better for victims.

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The Development of Municipal Fire Departments in the United States

Tags: Monopoly and Competition, Taxes and Spending, U.S. History

04/11/2019 Annelise G. Anderson

For many years in London, firefighting was provided privately by insurance companies. Oddly enough, the Americans rejected this model for the far-more-politicized fire department model we know today.

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