Property Rights

Fegley and Dominiak respond to Block and Block's attempt to provide a universal libertarian theory of weapon control, and argue that it is divorced from property rights.

So oppressive was the Inca regime that it's no wonder the Spaniards found many enemies willing to help topple the empire.

So oppressive was the Inca regime that it's no wonder the Spaniards found many enemies willing to help topple the empire.

Will guilt or innocence in criminal trials increasingly hinge on broader desirable social justice outcomes?

Step 1: claim that only government can solve the problem of "externalities." Step 2: claim that externalities are everywhere. Step 3: send in bureaucrats to solve every "problem" caused by externalities.

Step 1: claim that only government can solve the problem of "externalities." Step 2: claim that externalities are everywhere. Step 3: send in bureaucrats to solve every "problem" caused by externalities.

Is this trend toward soft secession necessarily illiberal? Is the potential for creating more states or political subdivisions, even if smaller and less sclerotic, moving us further from an idealized Hoppean private community model?

Norbert Slenzok provides a libertarian case against anti-pandemic restrictions imposed by governments, with particular attention to libertarians who appear to support lockdowns.

Many scholars employ excessively narrow notions of homesteading which wrongly suggest that virtually all Indian hunting grounds and food sources were "unowned."  

Kevin Vallier's new book is a valuable contribution to "public reason liberalism," introducing useful arguments for strengthening private property rights.