Journal of Libertarian Studies

Book Review of Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty by Randy E. Barnett

Tags: Political Theory, Private Property, Big Government

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Jacob H. Huebert

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n this article, J.H. Huebert reviews Randy E. Barnett’s Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty.

Volume 19, Number 2 (2005)

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Huebert, J.H. “Book Review of Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty by Randy E. Barnett.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 19, No. 2 (2005): 103–109.

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