The Case of David Mitchell Versus The United States
David H. Mitchell is a young man charged, and now convicted, in Federal Court with failing to report for induction into the armed forces.
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Discovering the Ninth Amendment
Every clause and article of the United States Constitution has been studied, pored over, and interpreted countless times--every one, that is, but t
Labor Law and Entrepreneurial Discovery [Full Edition of Vol. 6, No. 1]
Volume 6, Number 1 (Fall 1985)
Charles Baird discusses the impact of Government regulation on entrepreneurial discovery.
On the Abuse of Patents as Economic Indicators
Patents have a long history as a proxy for inventive activity. Although these data lost ground in the early 1960s to other measures of technical innovation, they have once again become fashionable in the last decade.
Causation and Aggression
In the context of legal analysis, one important praxeological doctrine is the distinction between action and mere behavior. The difference between action and behavior boils down to intent.
Review of Fire and Smoke: Government, Lawsuits and the Rule of Law by Michael I. Krauss.
This monograph by Professor Michael Krauss of the George Mason University School of Law is a well-written and accessible critique of the recent government lawsuits against the tobacco and firearms industries.
Review of Who Owns the Sky? The Struggle to Control Airspace from the Wright Brothers On, by Stuart Banner
In Who Owns the Sky? The Struggle to Control Airspace from the Wright Brothers On, UCLA law professor Stuart Banner examines how the United States moved from the ad coelom rule
Praxeology, Economics, and Law: Issues and Implications
The praxeological method is an efficacious way to investigate the fundamental theoretical questions at the heart of any study of human endeavor.
Review of “The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law” by Randy E. Barnett
The Structure of Liberty is an important new work by one of libertarianism's most significant and thoughtful legal scholars. Its primary substantive deficiency is its over-reliance on the Hayekian knowledge paradigm
Editorial on Special Symposium Issue: Austrian Law and Economics
The present number of the QJAE features the proceedings of a symposium held on March 29–30, 2001 at the Mises Institute. The theme “Austrian Law and Economics:
