Anarchy and the law : the political economy of choice / edited by Edward P. Stringham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stringham, Edward.

Independent Institute (Oakland, Calif.)

Series:

Independent studies in political economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anarchism.

Libertarianism.

State, The.

Social choice.

Physical Description:

xiv, 698 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, [2007]

Summary:

Anarchy and the Law assembles for the first time in one volume the most important classic and contemporary studies exploring and debating non-state legal and political systems, especially involving the tradition of natural law and private contacts. Should markets and contracts provide law, and can the rule of law itself be understood as a private institution? Are the state and its powers benign societal forces, or are they a system of conquest, authoritananism, and exploitation? Whereas liberals and convervatives argue in favor of political constraints, this book argues that to check against abuse, government power must be replaced by a social order of self-government based on contracts.

Contents:

Section I Theory of Private Property Anarchism

2 Police, Law, and the Courts / Murray Rothbard 18

3 The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism (excerpt) / David Friedman 40

4 Market for Liberty (excerpt) / Morris Tannehill, Linda Tannehill 57

5 Pursuing Justice in a Free Society: Crime Prevention and the Legal Order / Randy Barnett 75

6 Capitalist Production and the Problem of Public Goods (excerpt) / Hans Hoppe 107

7 National Defense and the Public-Goods Problem / Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Don Lavoie 127

8 Defending a Free Nation / Roderick Long 149

9 The Myth of the Rule of Law / John Hasnas 163

Section II Debate

10 The State / Robert Nozick 193

11 The Invisible Hand Strikes Back / Roy A. Childs, Jr. 218

12 Robert Nozick and the Immaculate Conception of the State / Murray Rothbard 232

13 Objectivism and the State: An Open Letter to Ayn Rand / Roy A. Childs, Jr. 250

14 Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy? / Alfred G. Cuzan 259

15 Law as a Public Good: The Economics of Anarchy / Tyler Cowen 268

16 Law as a Private Good: A Response to Tyler Cowen on the Economics of Anarchy / David Friedman 284

17 Rejoinder to David Friedman on the Economics of Anarchy / Tyler Cowen 292

18 Networks, Law, and the Paradox of Cooperation / Bryan Caplan, Edward P. Stringham 295

19 Conflict Cooperation and Competition in Anarchy / Tyler Cowen, Daniel Sutter 315

20 Conventions: Some Thoughts on the Economics of Ordered Anarchy / Anthony de Jasay 322

21 Can Anarchy Save Us from Leviathan? / Andrew Rutten 341

22 Government: Unnecessary but Inevitable / Randall G. Holcombe 354

23 Is Government Inevitable? Comment on Holcombe's Analysis / Peter Leeson, Edward P. Stringham 371

Section III History of Anarchist Thought

24 Gustave de Molinari and the Anti-statist Liberal Tradition (excepts) / David Hart 377

25 Vindication of Natural Society (excerpt) / Edmund Burke 399

26 The Production of Security / Gustave de Molinari 424

27 Individualist Anarchism in the U.S.: Origins / Murray Rothbard 437

28 Anarchism and American Traditions / Voltairine de Cleyre 451

29 Civil Government: Its Origin, Mission, and Destiny, and the Christian's Relation to It (excerpt) / David Lipscomb 461

30 No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority (excerpt) / Lysander Spooner 469

31 Trial by Jury (excerpt) / Lysander Spooner 484

32 Relation of the State to the Individual / Benjamin Tucker 499

33 Freedom, Society, and the State: An Investigation Into the Possibility of Society without Government (excerpt) / David Osterfeld 504

Section IV Historical Case Studies of Non-Government Law Enforcement

34 Are Public Goods Really Common Pools? Considerations of the Evolution of Policing and Highways in England / Bruce Benson 538

35 Property Rights in Celtic Irish Law / Joseph R. Peden 565

36 Private Creation and Enforcement of Law-A Historical Case / David Friedman 586

37 The Role of Institutions in the Revival of Trade: The Law Merchant, Private Judges, and the Champagne Fairs / Paul Milgrom, Douglass North, Barry Weingast 602

38 Legal Evolution in Primitive Societies / Bruce Benson 624

39 An American Experiment in Anarcho-Capitalism: The Not So Wild, Wild West / Terry L. Anderson, P. J. Hill 639

40 Order without Law: How Neighbors Settle Disputes (excerpt) / Robert C. Ellickson 658.

Notes:

"The Independent Institute"--P. [ii].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765803305

9780765803306

1412805791

9781412805797

OCLC:

61859924