Looking at discrimination, education, environment, health and crime, this volume analyses United States Supreme Court rulings on several legal issues and proposed libertarian solutions to each problem. Setting their own liberal theory of law, each chapter discusses the law at hand, what it should be, and what it would be if their political economic philosophy were the justification of the legal practice. Covering issues such as sexual harassment, religion, markets in human organs, drug prohibition and abortion, this book is a timely contribution to classical liberal debate on law and economics.
Author(s): Walter Block, Roy Whitehead
Series: Palgrave Studies In Classical Liberalism
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 519
Tags: Law And Economics, Philosophy Of Law, Libertarian Law
Front Matter ....Pages i-ix
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Gender Equity in Athletics (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 3-40
Should the Government be Allowed to Discriminate? (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 41-74
Christian Landlords: Sinners Need Not Apply (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 75-108
The Boy Scouts’ Right to Discriminate (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 109-137
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 139-181
Front Matter ....Pages 183-183
Forcing Some to Pay for the Free Speech of Others (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 185-208
Direct Payment of Scholarships to Church-Related Colleges (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 209-239
Front Matter ....Pages 241-241
The Unintended Consequences of Environmental Justice (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 243-256
Environmental Justice Risks in the Petroleum Industry (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 257-280
Environmental Takings: The Case for Full Water Privatization (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 281-317
The Value of Private Water Rights (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 319-350
Front Matter ....Pages 351-351
Human Organ Transplantation: Economic and Legal Issues (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 353-371
America’s Failing Drug Control Laws (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 373-414
Front Matter ....Pages 415-415
Taking the Assets of the Criminal to Compensate Victims of Violence (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 417-442
Resolving the Abortion Controversy (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 443-495
The IRS Joins the Boardroom (Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead)....Pages 497-508
Back Matter ....Pages 509-520
