Legal System
On the Ethics of Paying Organ Donors: An Economics Perspective
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on April 21, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.
Bali prosecutors demand life in prison for Corby, alleged drug-importer
Apparently, in Bali, one can get the death penalty for importing drugs.
On Takings and Public Use
A law school buddy emailed me some comments about some recent developments in eminent domain law, e.g.
Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy, by Richard A. Posner
Richard Posner here answers, at least in one respect, a question that has long puzzled his critics. Posner again and again declares himself a legal pragmatist.
Support for Free Trade: The Impact of Religious Ideology
Recorded at the 2005 Austrian Scholars Conference, Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama.
There’s No Such Thing As a Free Patent
Let us grant that patents encourage innovation; Stephan Kinsella still wants to know: at what cost?
Sovereignty, International Law, and the Triumph of Anglo-American Cunning
Presented as part of the Brown Bag Seminar series. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 3 March 2005.
Kill the Prescription Drug Benefit
Writes George Reisman: there is still time to abort this highly destructive program, which constitutes the largest increase in the welfare-state functions of our government since the administration of Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s.
Federal Criminal Law: Expediency Over Principle
For the past few weeks, William Anderson has been following the Richard Scrushy trial in Birmingham, Alabama.
