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Apr 24, 2012

The U.S. Constitution: Help Wanted

by Michael S. Greve / 1 Comment

Filed Under: James Madison, Robert McIlwain, Values and Capitalism Project

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The American Enterprise Institute’s Values and Capitalism Project has produced some terrific short monographs on important public issues. The booklets are intended for use by college professors in undergraduate (especially introductory) college courses.

AEI President Arthur Brooks’ idea for the …

Apr 23, 2012

Interested in a Career in Legal Academia

by Richard Reinsch / 0 Comments

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Then sign up for the Online Law Scholars Conference happening in May and learn from established scholars in the conservative and libertarian legal academic community. This link contains all of the information you need.…

Apr 23, 2012

Middle Age: An Evolutionary Explanation

by Mike Rappaport / 1 Comment

Filed Under: Evolutionary Psychology, Middle Age

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One area I have found of interest over the years is evolutionary psychology.  Friedrich Hayek first exposed me to the discipline, which at that time was known as sociobiology.  While it has certainly been criticized, it is often the only …

Apr 23, 2012

Edward Lopez on Republic, Lost

by Richard Reinsch / 0 Comments

Filed Under: Campaign Finance, Congression Corruption

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From Edward Lopez’s just posted review of Lawrence Lessig’s Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Game Plan to Stop It:

 

This book advances the above core premise to argue that campaign finance has recently fastened

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Apr 20, 2012

Upholding the Rule of Law, in Season and out of Season

by Todd Zywicki / 6 Comments

Filed Under: Auto Bailouts, Banruptcy Law, Rule of Law

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One common assertion arising from the onset and resolution of the 2008 financial crisis is the belief that it proves the purported need and propriety of the government acting in a swift and discretionary manner and not have its hands …

Apr 20, 2012

Constitutionalism, Hegel, and Us

by Michael S. Greve / 5 Comments

Filed Under: Calculus of Consent, Cass Sunstein, FDR, Hegel, Philosophy of Right

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Constitutionalism is in crisis—obviously in Europe, more arguably in America. High on the list of intellectual breakthroughs that might help us sort through our contemporary confusions is Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel’s Philosophy of Right—to my mind, the best book …

Apr 20, 2012

Bleeding Heart Libertarianism III: Friedman versus Zwolinksi and Tomasi

by Mike Rappaport / 1 Comment

Filed Under: Bleeding Heart Libertarianism, Libertarianism

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Over at Cato Unbound, David Friedman commented on Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasi’s essay arguing that concerns of social justice informed the classical liberals.  Friedman, who is sympathetic to utilitarianism, argues that Zwolinksi and Tomasi do no sufficient emphasize the …

Apr 19, 2012

Just in Time: The Future of the Rule of Law in England

by David Conway / 1 Comment

Filed Under: Abu Qatada, David Cameron, European Council, European Court of Human Rights, European Court of Justice, Human Rights Act, Theresa May, UK Bill of Rights

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This week sees the unfolding in England of two long-running legal sagas upon whose outcomes the future of the rule of law there could depend. And not just there, its  future could be affected throughout Europe and even beyond.

The …

Apr 19, 2012

The Spirit of 1798, and Ours

by Michael S. Greve / 3 Comments

Filed Under: Colleen Sheehan, James Read, Spirit of 1798, Todd Estes

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The contributions to the Spirit of 1798 exchange are just terrific. They raise some very deep and to my mind disturbing questions.

One of them is suggested by James Read’s admirably hard-headed post: with the (arguable) exception of 1798, can …

Apr 18, 2012

Bleeding Heart Libertarianism II: The Move to Utilitarianism

by Mike Rappaport / 5 Comments

Filed Under: Bleeding Heart Libertarianism, consequentialism, utilitarianism

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In my last post on Bleeding Heart Libertarianism, I described how I have always been a Bleeding Heart type of Libertarian.  Today, I want to describe where I am now on this issue.

Somewhere along the line – I think …

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