Jan 4, 2013

Friday Roundup, January 4th

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Filed Under: A Nation of Takers, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Dodd-Frank, Federal Election Commission, Richard Epstein, Richard Reinsch, Robert Service, Spies and Commissars

• The first Liberty Law Talk of 2013 is with Nicholas Eberstadt of AEI on his compact but powerfully argued book, A Nation of Takers.

• Paul Hollander reviews in our Books section this week Spies and Commissars: The Early Years

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Dec 28, 2012

Friday Roundup, December 28th

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Filed Under: A Capitalism for the People, Natural Law, Richard Reinsch, Scientism, sound money, The Political Philosophy of Alexander Hamilton

• Peter McNamara reviews in our Books section Michael Federici’s The Political Philosophy of Alexander Hamilton. Don’t miss the podcast I did earlier this fall with Federici at Liberty Law Talk. McNamara observes:

Hamilton’s declarations about liberty and republicanism and

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Dec 21, 2012

Friday Roundup, December 21st

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Filed Under: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Auto bailout, Richard Reinsch, Robert Bork, The New Financial Deal, Todd Zywicki

• In case you missed it: Todd Zywicki reviews @Law and Liberty David Skeel’s The New Financial Deal.

• David Henderson at Econ Log adds some interesting facts to the mix on the Erik Loomis fracas at University of RI.

• Feds

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Dec 18, 2012

Wanted: Long-Term Rules for the Short-Sighted Fed

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Filed Under: Allan Meltzer, Bagehot's Rule, Dodd-Frank, Federal Reserve, FOMC, History of the Federal Reserve, Richard Reinsch, Taylor's Rule

The Cato Journal’s Spring/Summer 2012 volume on “Monetary Reform in the Wake of Crisis” is not to be missed. Contributors include Allan Meltzer, John Allison, James Grant, George Selgin, and Judy Shelton, among others. You could think that so much …

Dec 14, 2012

Friday Roundup: December 14th

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Filed Under: Austrian Economics, Brian Tamanaha, Failing Law Schools, Federalist Society Student Symposium, John Steele Gordon, Law and Economics, Medical device tax, Richard Rahn, Richard Reinsch

• Don’t miss Brian Tamanaha’s visit to Liberty Law Talk to talk about Failing Law Schools.

• At EconLib’s vast treasure trove: Israel Kirzner on “The Philosophical and Ethical Implications of Austrian Economics.“

• Reconsidering Hobbes’ revolution.

• “Debt and

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Dec 12, 2012

New Liberty Law Talk with Brian Tamanaha, author of Failing Law Schools

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Filed Under: Brian Tamanaha, Failing Law Schools, Legal Education, Richard Reinsch

Brian Tamanaha, author of the timely new book, Failing Law Schools, comes to Liberty Law Talk to talk about the numerous challenges to legal education in America. This podcast focuses on how legal education was shaped into an …

Dec 7, 2012

Friday Roundup, December 7th

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Filed Under: Bryan Caplan, James Q. Wilson, Jon Meacham, Lincoln's Code, Richard Reinsch, Spies and Commissars, The Upside-Down Constitution, Thomas Jefferson

• The next Liberty Law Talk is with John Fabian Witt on Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History.

• Energy in the Executive: Don’t miss Jeremy Bailey’s review in this space of Jon Meacham’s Thomas Jefferson: The

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Dec 6, 2012

Next Liberty Law Talk is with John Fabian Witt on Lincoln’s Code

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Filed Under: Abraham Lincoln, Francis Lieber, John Fabian Witt, Lincoln's Code, March to the Sea, Richard Reinsch

This next edition of Liberty Law Talk is with John Fabian Witt on his new book Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History. Promulgated by President Lincoln in 1863 (General Order No. 100) and followed by the …

Dec 6, 2012

Lincoln’s Code of War

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Filed Under: Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Emancipation Proclamation, Francis Lieber, Geneva Convention, George Washington, John Fabian Witt, Laws of War, Lincoln's Code, Richard Reinsch, Sherman's March to the Sea, Slavery, War for Independence, War of 1812

The next edition of Liberty Law Talk is with professor and author John Fabian Witt on the subject of his new book Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History. Recently named by the New York Times to …

Dec 3, 2012

Why the Common Law in America?

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Filed Under: Common Law, Constitutionalism, Hadley Arkes, James Stoner, John McGinnis, Richard Reinsch

The next Liberty Forum is now available. Featured this month are tremendous essays from James Stoner, Hadley Arkes, and John McGinnis on the relationship between the unwritten common law and the written Constitution. To put it in Stoner’s terms: …