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"Law (from the late Old English lagu of probable North Germanic origin) in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, intended to provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments of/for those who do not follow the established rules of conduct. ..."

Articles

Law as 'Reason' or as 'Violence'?, by Butler Shaffer, 17 Nov 2001
Related Topics: Bill of Rights, Rights Retained by the People
"There have been times in which 'law' was, indeed, a means for peacefully resolving disputes. The ancient system known as the 'law merchant,' for example, developed among men of commerce as a way of settling quarrels in the marketplace. ... Over time, the political system took over the roles of these merchant judges, and 'law' became more completely politicized."
Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution, by Murray N. Rothbard, Cato Journal 2, 1982
Related Topics: Randy E. Barnett, Cancer, Richard A. Epstein, Ethics, Personal Responsibility, Property, Property Rights, Freedom of Speech
"... the principles of tort or criminal law ... are negative commands or prohibitions, on the order of 'thou shalt not' do actions X, Y, or Z. ... certain actions are considered wrong to such a degree that it is considered appropriate to use the sanctions of violence (since law is the social embodiment of violence) to combat, defend against, and punish the transgressors."
E.R.A.: A Red Herring at Best, by Charles Curley, 1981
Related Topics: Rights
A rebuttal to an Association of Libertarian Feminists discussion paper in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment
"Time and time again the history of man shows us that you cannot legislate what people think or how they think. Sexism can be ended. It will not be ended by passing another law, but by teaching, by example, by one-to-one discussion, argument and conversion. ... Working to pass a law does nothing to further the goal of changing people's attitudes."
Society without a State, by Murray N. Rothbard, 28 Dec 1974
Related Topics: Anarchism, The State, Taxation
Talk delivered at the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
"The basic point, however, is that the state is not needed to arrive at legal principles or their elaboration: indeed, much of the common law, the law merchant, admiralty law, and private law in general, grew up apart from the state, by judges not making the law but finding it on the basis of agreed-upon principles derived either from custom or reason. The idea that the state is needed to make law is as much a myth as that the state is needed to supply postal or police services."
The Idea of a Private Law Society, by Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Mises.org Daily Article, 28 Jul 2006
Related Topics: Private Property, Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Democracy, Government, The State, Taxation
"... democratic equality before the law is ... incompatible with the idea of one universal law, equally applicable to everyone, everywhere, and at all times. ... the former objectionable schism and inequality of the higher law of kings ... is fully preserved under democracy in the separation of public versus private law and the supremacy of the former over the latter."

Cartoons

People who hate us claim there isn't any difference ..., by Ted Rall, 5 Oct 2006

Books

Commentaries on the Laws of England: A Facsimile of the First Edition of 1765-1769, Vol. 1, by William Blackstone, 1769
"Of the Rights of Persons". Electronic text, in original spelling, available at the Avalon Project, Yale Law School
Commentaries on the Laws of England: A Facsimile of the First Edition of 1765-1769, Vol. 2, by William Blackstone, 1769
"Of the Rights of Things". Electronic text, in original spelling, available at the Avalon Project, Yale Law School
Commentaries on the Laws of England: A Facsimile of the First Edition of 1765-1769, Vol. 3, by William Blackstone, 1769
"Of Private Wrongs". Electronic text, in original spelling, available at the Avalon Project, Yale Law School
Commentaries on the Laws of England: A Facsimile of the First Edition of 1765-1769, Vol. 4, by William Blackstone, 1769
"Of Public Wrongs". Electronic text, in original spelling, available at the Avalon Project, Yale Law School
Law's Order: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters
    by David D. Friedman, 2000
Related Topic: Economics
Simple Rules for a Complex World
    by Richard A. Epstein, 1995
The Enterprise of Law: Justice Without the State
    by Bruce L. Benson, 1990
The Law, by Claude Frederic Bastiat, Sheldon Richman (Foreword), Walter E. Williams (Introduction), Foundation for Economic Education, 1850
Translated by Dean Russell. Second Edition, Copyright 1998, The Foundation for Economic Education. Electronic text available at The Library of Economics and Liberty.