Journal of Libertarian Studies
Contra Anarcho-Capitalism
Mixing economics and government is a dangerous idea, nearly as dangerous as mixing church and government.
If Men Were Angels: The Basic Analytics of the State versus Self-Government
Perhaps everyone will agree that if we were all angels, no state would be necessary, and if angels were the governors, they would require neither i
An Austrian Reexamination of Recent Thoughts on the Rise and Collapse of Societies
In Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997) and Collapse (2005), Professor Jared Diamond argues that geography and environment are the “ulti
Reply to Block on Libertarianism is Unique
A common argument for libertarianism of the sort associated with writers like Nozick and Rothbard is that it follows more or less directly from the
Free Rider Problems in Insurance-Based Private Defense
Libertarian writers including Hoppe, Hummel, and Murphy have attempted to deal with the presence of free riders in theoretical private defense cons
Toward a Libertarian Theory of Guilt and Punishment for the Crime of Statism
This paper is an attempt to combine the insights of Van Creveld (1999) concerning statism with libertarian theory in order to forge a theory of jus
The Rise and Fall of Jury Nullification
The United States Constitution guarantees the right to trial by jury in both civil and criminal cases.
Book Review: Ronald Steel, Walter Lippmann and the American Century
In this article, Professor Thomas E. Woods Jr. offers a review of Ronald Steel’s Walter Lippmann and the American Century.
Symposium on Federalism, War, and Reconstruction: Introduction
The War Between the States has been a source of controversy for some time among libertarians.
