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Toward a Libertarian Theory of Guilt and Punishment for the Crime of Statism

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07/30/2014Walter Block

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 justified punishment for the crime of engaging in statist, governmental or other gangster activity.

Volume 22, Number 1 (2011)

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Block, Walter. "Toward a Libertarian Theory of Guilt and Punishment for the Crime of Statism." Journal of Libertarian Studies 22, No. 1 (2011): 665–675.