Legal System

Conscription of witnesses is no more justified than conscription into the armed forces or into any other service or occupation.

When I look back on my experience at the 32nd Precinct I see real “peace officers” at work. No SWAT raids, no armored vehicles. Just cops getting by with their wits, guts, and courage.

The recent controversy over Jeff Bezos has spawned an interesting debate among free-market economists on whether blackmail should be legalized.

Whether or not anti-trust legislation remains helpful to consumers, or makes any economic sense, remains entirely debatable.

There is no justification for any lawful entrepreneur to feel any sense of guilt in appropriating the results of his or her creative activity.

While everyone was talking about the 2018-2019 United States government shutdown, the House began pushing a new bill on universal background checks for gun ownership.

The "asset forfeiture" case now before the Supreme Court is unlikely to lead to any substantial limitations on state and local seizures of private property.

Only one company is still writing workman's comp policies for the NFL. Insurers fear Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) may be the new asbestos, with lawsuits extending into the distant future.

Austrian economics can shed new light on questions that scholars in other fields are interested in answering, questions that mainstream law and economics scholars might  refrain from tackling because they cannot be addressed using their preferred methodology.

When the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, employers hired fewer disabled workers, because they feared lawsuits. We may now be seeing a similar trend in the face of more sexual harassment claims.