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Federalism, Liberty and the Law
James M. Buchanan
Издател: Liberty Fund
As diverse as the papers presented in this volume may seem at first glance, all of them touch on two characteristic themes of James Buchanan’s work: the respect for individual sovereignty and the threat of monopoly power on the rights of the individual.
In his foreword, Hartmut Kliemt says, “As opposed to more extreme and more utopian
Law, Liberty, and Parliament
Sir Edward Coke
Издател: Liberty Fund
The fifteen essays presented in Law, Liberty and Parliament: Selected Essays on the Writings of Sir Edward Coke examine the legal and political realms within which Coke operated, discuss how classical rhetoric underpinned his learning, and place his work in the context of Elizabethan culture.
Law and Business
Lawrence S. Clark , Peter D. Kinder
Издател: McGraw-Hill Book Company
This comprehensive business law text which features briefed cases combines traditional business law coverage with solid treatment of regulatory topics. It meets both AACSB legal environment and CPA exam preparation requirements. Rather than stress the mechanics of law, Clark/Aalberts/Kinder conveys the complexity of the blend of factors that
The Roots of Liberty
Ellis Sandoz
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
This is a critical collection of essays on the origin and nature of the idea of liberty. The authors explore the development of English ideas of liberty and the relationship those ideas hold to modern conceptions of rule of law. The essays address early medieval developments, encompassing such seminal issues as the common-law mind of the sixteenth
By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission
, Charles Murray
Издател: Crown Forum
In this provocative book, acclaimed social scientist and bestselling author Charles Murray shows us why we can no longer hope to roll back the power of the federal government through the normal political process. The Constitution is broken in ways that cannot be fixed even by a sympathetic Supreme Court. Our legal system is increasingly lawless,
The Principles of Natural and Politic Law
Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
The year 1694 saw the death of Samuel Pufendorf, who, with Hugo Grotius, was the foremost representative of the modern tradition of natural law theory, and the birth of Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, who helped transform the tradition and convey it to new generations.
As professor of natural law in Geneva, Burlamaqui used Pufendorf’s works on natural
Peace, Love, & Liberty
Tom G. Palmer, Editor
Издател: Atlas Economic Research Foundation and Students for Liberty/Jameson Books, Inc.
The essays of this book offer evidence and arguments for peace. The writers advance peace not merely as a moral ideal or even a desrable goal, but as an eminently practical objective. The essays are anchored in sound history, economic reality empirical psychology, political science, and hard-headed logic, as well as art and the aesthetic
Flaws & Ceilings
Christopfer Coyne & Rachel Coyne
Издател: The Institute of Economic Affairs
This book demonstrated why economists do not like price controls and shows why they are widely regarded as being amongst the most damaging political interventions in markets. The autors analyse, in very readable fashion, the damage they cause. Crucially, the authors also explain why, despite universal criticism from economists, price controls are
Democracy, Liberty, and Property
Merrill D. Peterson
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
In one volume, Democracy, Liberty, and Property provides an overview of the state constitutional conventions held in the 1820s. With topics as relevant today as they were then, this collection of essential primary sources sheds light on many of the enduring issues of liberty. Emphasizing the connection between federalism and liberty, the debates
A Treatise of the Laws of Nature
Richard Cumberland
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
A Treatise of the Laws of Nature, originally titled De Legibus Naturae, first appeared in 1672 as a theoretical response to a range of issues that came together during the late 1660s. It conveyed a conviction that science might offer an effective means of demonstrating both the contents and the obligatory force of the law of nature. At a time when
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