Legal System

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:

oth the establishment of property rights and their violation spring from actions: acts of appropriation and expropriation. However, in addition to a physical appearance, actions also have an internal, subjective aspect. 

The title of this symposium is Austrian Law and Economics: The Contributions of Adolf Reinach and Murray Rothbard. The second part of this title is not at all problematic;

Volume 1, Number 3 (1977)

What this essay will attempt to show is that while, during the 19th century, the prohibition of sexual immoralit

Modern libertarian thought is essentially deductive in character.

In his book Principles of Morals and Legislation, the eighteenth-century philosopher and legislator Jeremy Bentham divided all laws into t

Although historians had long missed the importance of religion in American politics, it has recently become a central topic.

Having adopted a profoundly radical creed at odds with the ruling dogmas of their day, what did Lao-tzu, La Boétie, Quesnay, Turgot, and James Mill offer as a strategy for social change in the direction of liberty?

In legal philosophy there is perhaps no older, nor deeper, conflict than that which exists between legal positivists and natural law advocates.

A paper reviewing George Smith’s article “Justice Entrepreneurship in A Free Market” by Robert L. Formaini.