Legal System

“What is the Right Amount of Government?” by Robert LeFevre.

“The Age of Robber Barons” by Robert LeFevre.

“Property and Ownership” by Robert LeFevre.

“Background to the Constitution” by Robert LeFevre.

“Who Owns What” by Robert LeFevre.

“Poverty” by Robert LeFevre.

“The Nature of Government” by Robert LeFevre.

Presented at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on February 28, 2003.

Recorded at Mises University 2001.

Natural law does not depend directly on God’s will. Natural law goes back to at least the scholastics and perhaps Thomas Aquinas. Modern Natural Rights theory began in 1625. Modern theory recognizes the institution the state. Natural law is thought to produce inalienable natural rights. They speak to the dignity of the individual and life and property. The close connection between liberty and property is part of this tradition.