Legal System

Laurence Vance has observed three points about the federal government's mandated handicapped parking spaces, as required for every private business.

The continuous invention of new regulatory frauds undermines the gravity of real fraud, writes writes Pierre Lemieux. What we have seen since the beginning of the 21st century looks like a repeat of the witch-hunt of the 1980s.

Is the Mafia like a state that uses violence to enforce its agenda? Or is it more like a private business that specializes in the market provision of security? Robert Murphy reviews a book on the topic.

Recorded at Mises University 2005.

When life hands you lemons ...

Eminent domain is the best example of how government is not the protector of private property but its main violator, writes Lew Rockwell.

The US Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision overturning the obstruction of justice verdict against Arthur Andersen Company comes too late to save the firm or the jobs of thousands of employees who found themselves out of work when the government destroyed the firm three years ago.

Mises convincingly argues that, given the existence of the long-run objectives instilled by private property rights, cooperation in the form of division of labor and trade emerge naturally; and therefore, under these circumstances, "there is no need to enforce cooperation by special orders or prohibitions."

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