Re: Libertarian theory breaking down

From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Sat Mar 22 2003 - 06:34:49 MST

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    On Saturday, March 22, 2003 1:22 AM Samantha Atkins
    samantha@objectent.com wrote:
    > I am more inclined to the minarchist position. However,
    > I don't believe I have studied the question deeply enough
    > to make a fully informed choice. Can you or anyone
    > here recommend sources for the anarchocapitalist
    > position and theory?

    Funny you should ask.:)

    There's been a big debate on the subject raging on Atlantis, another
    email list that you can learn about at:
    http://www.wetheliving.com/mailman/listinfo/atlantis

    Check the archives there for the last two weeks or so.

    However, more to the point, here are some online resources on the
    subject:

    Here are some other web published materials on free market anarchism and
    polycentric law that I forgot to list in earlier emails.

    "Why Objective Law Requires Anarchy" by Roderick Long at:
    http://libertariannation.org/a/f61l1.html

    "Polycentric Law" by Tom Bell
    http://mason.gmu.edu/~ihs/w91issues.html

    Bell's paper is actually a good source for other material, since it's a
    survey essay on the subject.

    "Money, Trust, and the Law: Coercive Power or Spontaenous Order?" by Tom
    Palmer at:
    http://mason.gmu.edu/~ihs/hsr/su96essay.html

    The following two are more on the economic side of the argument.

    "Waller on Anarchism and Justice" by Bryan Caplan at:
    http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/Anarjus

    "'Free the Law' and the Rule of Law" by Bryan Caplan at:
    http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/freelaw2.txt

    For more of a historical perspective, the following four papers might
    prove edifying.

    "Property Rights in Celtic Irish Law" by Joseph R. Peden at:
    http://www.libertarianstudies.org/journals/jls/pdfs/1_2/1_2_1.pdf

    "American Experiment in Anarcho-Capitalism: The Not So Wild, Wild West"
    by Anderson and Hill at:
    http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/3_1/3_1_2.pdf

    "Privatization, Viking Style: Model or Misfortune?" by Roderick T. Long
    at:
    http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/long1.html

    "Medieval Iceland and the Absence of Government" by Thomas Whiston at:
    http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1121

    There are many books on the subject and I've not read them all, but here
    are some of the more well known works:

    Murray Rothbard's _For a New Liberty_ (I believe the whole text is
    available from www.mises.org for free online)
    David Friedman's _The Machinery of Freedom_ (well, someone else already
    mentioned this one:)
    Bruce L. Benson's _The Enterprise of Law: Justice Without the State_
    (provides many examples and good economic and legal arguments)
    Robert C. Ellickson's _Order Without Law: How Neighbors Settle Disputes_
    (case studies in how people resolved conflicts in the West in places
    where there was no government)

    Ellickson's book is more about polycentric law than anarchism per se,
    but his conclusions general support free market anarchy.

    Later!

    Dan
    http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
        See "Anarchism, Minarchism, and Freedom" at:
    http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/Anarchism.html



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