Legal System

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Ryan McMaken

Homicide rates in the US remain well below where they were 25 years ago, and stubbornly high homicide rates are a regional — and not a national — problem.

James Bovard

The Court’s betrayal of its constitutional role has vastly increased the stakes for the current and any future Justice nomination.

José Niño

While the Second Amendment is a formidable barrier, experience suggests a mixture of bureaucratic regulation and court rulings could significantly empower the gun-control lobby.

Gael J. Campan

Böhm-Bawerk unerringly centered his analysis on basic problems in the theory of economic goods. It constitutes a dazzling achievement.

Chris Calton

In the early years of the United States, legal systems were far more localized and flexible. But elites preferred consistency over flexibility, and the rich could afford the more bureaucratic legal institutions that ordinary people could not. 

Jacob G. Hornberger

Proponents claim that if the government just "cracks down" even harder, the drug problem will be solved. The reality in Mexico and the Philippines shows how wrong this idea is.

How the legal doctrine of prosecutorial immunity creates a “lemons” problem in criminal courts through moral hazard.

Antony Sammeroff

Rulings and regulations that force companies to keep unprofitable businesses operating "for the public good," are really a net loss for the public good.

Jordan Setayesh

We should stop asking if workers deserve a “living wage” and start asking if the minimum wage actually helps workers obtain one.