publicado a la(s) 26/03/2011 15:18 por Dante Bayona
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LIBERTARIAN LEGAL THEORY:
PROPERTY, CONFLICT, AND SOCIETY
WEEK 1
LIBERTARIAN BASICS: RIGHTS AND LAW
SUGGESTED READINGS
- Rothbard, Ethics of Liberty, chs. 4-5, 15
- Kinsella, "Introduction to Libertarian Legal Theory" (all)
- Kinsella, "What Libertarianism Is" (all)
- “Chicago Diversions” section of Hoppe, "The Ethics and Economics of Private Property"
- Kinsella, "Utilitarianism" discussion, Against Intellectual Property, pp. 19-23
- Rothbard's discussion of the "relevant technological unit" in "Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution"
- Kinsella, "The Division of Labor as the Source of Grundnorms and Rights”
- Kinsella, "Empathy and the Source of Rights"
- Rand, "Man's Rights"
- Tucker & Kinsella, "Goods, Scarce and Nonscarce"
- Kinsella, "What It Means To Be an Anarcho-Capitalist"
OPTIONAL READINGS
Libertarianism
Austrian Economics
Rights, Ethics, Philosophy
- Hoppe, A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism, ch. 7 [optional, but highly recommended]; also ch 1, 2
- James A. Sadowsky, S.J., "Private Property and Collective Ownership"
- discussion of Rothbard's conception of "relevant technological unit" in B.K. Marcus, "The Spectrum Should Be Private Property: The Economics, History, and Future of Wireless Technology"
- "Is-ought problem," Wikipedia
Argumentation Ethics
Anarchy
Bibliographies
WEEK 2
LIBERTARIAN BASICS: RIGHTS AND LAW
(continued)
SUGGESTED READINGS
- Tucker & Kinsella, "Goods, Scarce and Nonscarce"
- Kinsella, "What Libertarianism Is" (all)
- Kinsella, "The Libertarian Approach to Negligence, Tort, and Strict Liability: Wergeld and Partial Wergeld"
- Kinsella, "Why Spam is Trespass"
- Kinsella, "Stalking as a Form of Aggression"
- Kinsella, "Stalking and Threats as Aggression"
- Kinsella, "Fraud, Restitution, and Retaliation: The Libertarian Approach"
- Kinsella, "The Problem with “Fraud”: Fraud, Threat, and Contract Breach as Types of Aggression"
- Kinsella, "The Limits of Armchair Theorizing: The case of Threats"
- Kinsella, "Punishment and Proportionality: The Estoppel Approach," pages 68-69 (re "threats")
- Rothbard, "Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution"
- Kinsella, "What It Means To Be an Anarcho-Capitalist"
- Hoppe, "The Idea of a Private Law Society"
OPTIONAL READINGS
Scarcity and Rights
Rights and the Structure of Action
Argumentation Ethics
Anarchy
Legal Positivism and Logical Positivism
Other
WEEK 3
APPLICATIONS I: LEGAL SYSTEMS, CONTRACT, FRAUD
Legislation and Legal Systems
Contract Theory
Fraud
OPTIONAL READINGS
Legislation and Legal Systems
Contract Theory
WEEK 4
CAUSATION, AGGRESSION, RESPONSIBILITY
SUGGESTED READNGS
OPTIONAL READINGS
WEEK 5
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND RELATED
Suggested Readings
- Kinsella, Against Intellectual Property
- -----, Innovations that Thrive without IP
- -----, The Patent, Copyright, Trademark, and Trade Secret Horror Files
- -----, Locke on IP; Mises, Rothbard, and Rand on Creation, Production, and “Rearranging”
Optional Readings
- Kinsella, “Intellectual Freedom and Learning Versus Patent and Copyright,” Economic Notes No. 113 (Libertarian Alliance, Jan. 18, 2011)
- -----, “Intellectual Property and Libertarianism,” Mises Daily (Nov. 17, 2009)
- -----,“The Case Against IP: A Concise Guide,” Mises Daily (Sept. 4, 2009
- -----, “How Intellectual Property Hampers Capitalism,” Mises Institute Supporters’ Summit 2010 (Oct. 8-9 2010, Auburn Alabama)
- -----, “Goods, Scarce and Nonscarce” (with Jeffrey A. Tucker), Mises Daily (Aug. 25, 2010)
- -----, “Reducing the Cost of IP Law,” Mises Daily (Jan. 20, 2010)
- Other materials at the C4SIF resources page
WEEK 6
APPLICATIONS CONTINUED; COMMON LIBERTARIAN MISTAKES
(FRAUD ETC.)
SUGGESTED READINGS
Corporations
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