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Self-Ownership and Consent: The Contractarian Liberalism of Richard Overton

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07/30/2014Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard

In the 1640s, an unknown English printer by the name of Richard Overton suddenly surfaced, seemingly out of nowhere, and catapulted himself into national attention and controversy, only to disappear almost as suddenly into an equally obscure nowhere.

Volume 15, Number 1 (2000)

Author:

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard is professor of political science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter. "Self-Ownership and Consent: The Contractarian Liberalism of Richard Overton." Journal of Libertarian Studies 15, No. 1 (2000): 43–96.