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New Rationalist Directions in Libertarian Rights TheoryJournal of Libertarian Studies 12 (2): 313-326. 1996.
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Libertarian Literature Review Volume 12, Number 2Journal of Libertarian Studies 12 (2): 367-387. 1996.
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Punishment and Proportionality: the Estoppel ApproachJournal of Libertarian Studies 12 (1): 51-73. 1996.
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1A Libertarian Theory Of Contract: Title Transfer, Binding Promises, InalienabilityJournal of Libertarian Studies 2 11-37. 1978.
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117Inalienability and punishment: a reply to George SmithJournal of Libertarian Studies 14 (1; SEAS WIN): 79-94. 1999.
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51Reply to Van Dun: Non-Aggression and Title TransferJournal of Libertarian Studies 18 55-64. 2004.
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51Legislation and the Discovery of Law in a Free SocietyJournal of Libertarian Studies 11 (2): 132-181. 1995.
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12Libertarian opponents of anarchy are attacking a straw man. Their arguments are usually utilitarian in nature and amount to "but anarchy won’t work" or "we need the (things provided by the) state." But these attacks are confused at best, if not disingenuous. To be an anarchist does not mean you think anarchy will "work" (whatever that means); nor that you predict it will or "can" be achieved. It is possible to be a pessimistic anarchist, after all. To be an anarchist only means that you believe …Read more
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5We receive a variety of submissions on various topics of libertarian scholarship, such as philosophy, economics, legal theory, political science, history, and social/cultural analysis. If you are interested in serving as an occasional referee, please contact me privately at [email protected]
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16Libertarian Papers is pleased to announce that Matthew McCaffrey has agreed to serve as the journal’s Editor. A PhD candidate at the University of Angers, Mises Institute fellow, and winner of the 2010 Lawrence W. Fertig Prize in Austrian Economics, Matt previously served as the journal’s Managing Editor. He may be reached here. Stephan Kinsella [...]
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6Law and Intellectual Property in a Stateless SocietyLibertarian Papers 5. 2013.An ethic of self-ownership combined with Lockean homesteading of external resources provides a plausible grounding both for anarchist opposition to the state and for an attractive anarchist legal order. Such an ethic can be understood as specifying that each person prima facie has the right to control his or her own body; and that Lockean homesteading, under which the owner of any scarce resource is its first user , should provide the basis for property rights in such previously unowned goods. G…Read more
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11Libertarian Papers has in the past produced print archives (paper versions) of its articles. Our last volunteer, Gil Guillory, had to quit so we have a need for some volunteer assistance help assemble Vol. 1, Part 3, and two or three parts for Vol. 2. Ideally I’d like it kindle formatted and also a PDF [...]
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11by Walter E. Block Narrated by Kris Borer Read the article.
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22As readers of Libertarian Papers know, all LP articles are published free and in PDF and in the original Word source file. We use the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License so people are free to do what they want with our articles–reprint them, incorporate them into new works, include them as chapters in books–just grab [...]
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18The O.P. Alford III Prize in Libertarian Scholarship is a $1000 prize awarded by the Mises Institute each year for the the article published in the preceding volume of Libertarian Papers that best advances libertarian scholarship, as chosen by the journal’s Editor and Editorial Board. There were forty-five articles were published in Libertarian Papers in [...]
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8As discussed previously (see Libertarian Papers, Vol. 3, Part 1 Now Available in Print and Ebook), we recently decided to start offering Paper and Ebook Versions of Libertarian Papers articles, by occasionally collecting them into Parts (like issues) and offered for sale in print versions and epub versions on the major epub retailers. We did [...]
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116Punishment and Proportionality: The Estoppel ApproachJournal of Libertarian Studies 12 (1): 51-73. 1996.
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33My Mises Daily article “Libertarian Controversies” ran today, discussing my upcoming Mises Academy course, Libertarian Controversies, which some Libertarian Papers readers may find of interest
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13Libertarian Papers is indexed in a large number of indexing and related services, and, since May 2009, has been indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) (see Libertarian Papers Indexed in DOAJ). Our journal entry is here. Apparently each article published in LP has to be manually added to the DOAJ index via [...]
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21Libertarian Papers is pleased to announce that Peter Klein, Associate Professor of Applied Social Sciences and Director of the McQuinn Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the University of Missouri, has joined the Editorial Board
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12As noted previously, Libertarian Papers articles will occasionally be collected into Parts (like issues) and offered for sale in print versions and epub versions on the major epub retailers (see Libertarian Papers, Vols. 1 and 2, Now Available in Print and Ebook). The first two volumes have already been published this way; ebook versions for [...]
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2Please feel free to send me nominations for the best LP article from 2010. Alford Prize Awarded for Best Libertarian Article in 2009 The O.P. Alford III Prize in Libertarian Scholarship is a $1000 prize awarded by the Mises Institute each year for the the article published in the preceding volume of Libertarian Papers that [...]
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63The Case Against Intellectual PropertyIn Christopher Luetege (ed.), Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics, Springer. pp. 1325--1357. 2013.
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