Volume 7, Number 2 (1985) Introduction and textual comments by Friedrich A. Hayek, translated by Micheál Ó Súilleabháin, Department of Economics of University College, Cork, written for Hella Hayek’s 1931 German translation of Richard Cantillon’s Essai . , All page numbers cited in this text for Cantillon’s Essai sur la nature du commerce en
Robert Nozick, in Anarchy, State, and Utopia presented his by-now-famous view that “a minimal state, limited to the narrow functions of protection against force, theft, fraud, enforcement of contracts, and so on, is justified.” He went on to say that only such a state is justified. Since then, the view has been frequently presented that a more
In this paper, Antony Flew discusses Marx and Engels, Adam Smith, and social science. Volume 8, Number 2 (1987) Flew, Antony. “Social Science: Making Visible the Invisible Hands.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 8, No. 2 (1987):
Volume 8, Number 2 (1987) From the time of its formation in 1839 until the repeal of the corn laws seven years later, the Anti-Corn-Law League agitated virtually without interruption for the total and immediate repeal of those laws which restricted by high import duties the importation of foreign grain into Britain. Headed by prominent northern
In “Government Regulation and Intergenerational Justice,” Rolf Sartorius argues that some government regulation is justified in order to protect the rights of the unborn.’ More than half of his paper is a discussion of the theory that views the only justifiable function of government as the “umpirage of the law of nature.” In the remainder of his
This paper contends that Adam Smith meant what he said; human nature is ennobled by the cultivation of its lands, the advancement of its manufactures, the increase of its commerce, etc. Since it describes the environment in which these improvements will most likely occur, The Wealth of Nations provides a base for the ennobling of man’s nature,
Are there individual rights to one’s intellectual creations, such as inventions or written works? Should the legal system protect such rights? In this article, I summarize current US law on intellectual property rights. I then survey various libertarian views on IP rights, and present what I consider to be the proper view. Volume 15, Number 2
Patents and copyrights are forms of immaterial “property” that grant to their owners exclusive control over the production and sale of a specified product—a literary or artistic work in the case of copyrights, an invention or productive process in the case of patents. Though these concepts are subsumed under the broader heading of “intellectual
In this article, Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe discusses immigration, natural order, and private property. Volume 16, Number 1 (2002) Hoppe, Hans-Hermann. “Natural Order, the State, and the Immigration Problem.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 16, No. 1 (2002):
The theory of property specifies how to determine which individuals own—have the right to control—particular scarce resources. By having a just, objective rule for allocating control of scarce resources to particular owners, resource use conflicts may be reduced. Non-owners can simply refrain from invading the borders of the property— that is,
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Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.