Legal System
Toward a Libertarian Theory of Guilt and Punishment for the Crime of Statism
This paper is an attempt to combine the insights of Van Creveld (1999) concerning statism with libertarian theory in order to forge a theory of jus
The Rise and Fall of Jury Nullification
The United States Constitution guarantees the right to trial by jury in both civil and criminal cases.
Constitutional Chaos: What Happens When the Government Breaks its Own Laws by Andrew Napolitano
In this article, William L. Anderson reviews Judge Andrew P.
Anarchy Defended: Reply to Schneider
Jordan Schneider’s article is directed in part against a talk I gave in 2004 titled “Libertarian Anarchism: Responses to Ten Objections,” in
Consent, Sex, and the Prenatal Rapist: A Brief Reply to McDonaghs’s Suggested Revision of Roe v. Wade
The abortion debate is often understood to hinge on the question of whether or not the fetus is a full-fledged member of the moral community of per
The Limits of Jacksonian Liberalism: Individualism, Dissent, and the Gospel of Andrew According to Lysander Spooner
In 1844 Massachusetts resident Lysander Spooner (1808–1887) advertised in the public press the establishment of the American Letter Mail Company.
Two Irreconcilable Theories of Justice: Social Engineering vs. Ethics of Property
If economics is understood as being the science of the implications of voluntary and monetary exchanges among different people (Mises, 1985), the t
Review of To Serve and Protect: Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice by Bruce Benson
This is the most important book on public policy to be published in a long time.
Kant and Property Rights
Kant’s account of property rights is embedded within his general ethical system, centered on the Categorical Imperative described in the Ground
