Communication and Libertarianism, by Pavel Slutskiy (Springer, 2021), has recently been published. It’s available in kindle and paper here, but unfortunately at ridiculous academic publisher prices designed to make it impossible for most people to read the book.
“This is an outstanding contribution to both libertarian political philosophy and communication theory. It is far and away the most comprehensive work on communication issues in libertarian theory ever published. The author has integrated successfully the libertarian insights of Mises, Rothbard, Block, Kinsella and others with the philosophy of language as developed by Austin, Searle and Grice. He has done so in a unique and unprecedented way. The book would appeal to students and scholars interested in libertarian theory and more generally, to philosophers and political scientists interested in high-level scholarship.” —David Gordon, libertarian philosopher and intellectual historian, Ludwig von Mises Institute
I used to list various links; archived here. I the moved it to Wikispaces, for the Libertarian Guide Wiki (archived; the service is now defunct). I reprint the archive.org links below (many out of date):
Radical Academy (philosophy and political theory resources, guides and encyclopedia, classical realism, classical liberalism)
Libertarianism-Bibliographies
LewRockwell.com Bibliographies (David Gordon on War; David Gordon on Liberty; Hans-Hermann Hoppe on Anarcho-Capitalism; Jude Blanchette on Libertarians vs. Conservatives; Lew Rockwell on Reading for Liberty; Joseph Stromberg on War, Peace, and the State)
More Gold Fringe and “Merchant” Courts (this one is so incoherent it’s almost funny; rambling, ignorant illiterate style typical of the common law court nut types; note the overuse of quote marks, different fonts, all caps, exclamation points–the common hallmarks of the illiterate)
LibriVox fairly large collection of audiobooks for comfortable reading (including philosophy, history, literature, poetry, etc.)
Internet archive great source for almost anything, but particularly for audiobooks and texts, huge collection of texts and audio in classical history (written before 1920th and scanned from originals)
I presented a 6-lecture Mises Academy course in 2011, “Libertarian Legal Theory: Property, Conflict, and Society.” I thought some might be interested in seeing the Mid-Term Test and Final Exam used during the course. These are below. A version with the correct answers indicated may be found here (warning: do not click this link if you do not want the answers spoiled).
LIBERTARIAN LEGAL THEORY Mid-term Test, February 2011
Professor: Stephan Kinsella
Mises Academy – Winter 2011
(1) His/her image is an inspiration for this course’s ad:
(A) Ulpian
(B) Papinian
(C) Sir Edward Coke
(D) Murray Rothbard
(E) Eric Dondero
Maybe some tax expert can set me straight on the following assumptions, but from what I can tell, federal income tax law technically should make it virtually impossible to have a space program and to have anyone but a billionaire as president. Bear with me. [continue reading…]
Libertarian guru Andrew Galambos’ intellectual property beliefs were so extreme that he paid royalties to the descendants of Thomas Paine every time he used the world “liberty.” But did he steal his radical ideas from someone else?
A bust of Thomas Paine atop his monument in New Rochelle, N.Y. libertarian guru Andrew J. Galambos’ intellectual property views were so extreme that he paid royalties to the descendants of Paine every time he used the word “liberty,” which he claimed was coined by Paine.
Joe Sohm Visions of America/Newscom/File
Christian Science Monitor
October 28, 2011
By Stephan Kinsella
Guest blogger
I’ve written before about the quirky scientistic California libertarian guru Andrew J. Galambos, and his extreme, crazy IP ideas. 1 Galambos believed that man has property rights in his own life (primordial property) and in all “non-procreative derivatives of his life”—the “first derivatives” of a man’s life are his thoughts and ideas—these are “primary property.” Since action is based on primary property (ideas), actions are owned as well; this is referred to as “liberty.” Secondary derivatives, such as land, televisions, and other tangible goods, are produced by ideas and action. 2[continue reading…]
This piece now includes some broken links. In particular, the piece I was replying to is now here: Jonah Goldberg, “The Libertarian Lobe,” National Review (June 22, 2001).
Down with the Bill of Rights: Heller and the Central States Cheerleaders
Stephan Kinsella
Draft
June 2008
“[T]he rule of law is a myth and like all myths, it is designed to serve an emotive, rather than cognitive, function. The purpose of a myth is not to persuade one’s reason, but to enlist one’s emotions in support of an idea. And this is precisely the case for the myth of the rule of law; its purpose is to enlist the emotions of the public in support of society’s political power structure.”
Starting in 1995, just after Rothbard’s death and after meeting Hans-Hermann Hoppe, 1 I attended several of the interdisciplinary Austrian Scholars Conferences, held by the Mises Institute in the Spring, in Auburn, AL—at the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center, before the Mises Institute had its own building completed. I presented various papers at the ASCs, many of which were published in the Journal of Libertarian Studies or elsewhere, many of which will be incorporated into my forthcoming Law in a Libertarian World. The ASC has since been superseded by the AERC, or Austrian Economics Research Conference, held in the Spring at Auburn, and the Libertarian Scholars Conference, held a few times in recent years in New York.
For the Austrian Scholars Conference held April 1998, I chaired the Law and Economics panel, and presented a paper, “Constitutional Structures in Defense of Freedom: Are They Possible?” I did not record my talk nor did I ever officially publish the paper, which was somewhat informal and more sketched out as notes for the talk; it is reproduced below.
Libertarians & the Religious Right: an Interview with Stephan Kinsella
by Alberto Mingardi
N. Stephan Kinsella is co-author of the book Protecting Foreign Investment Under International Law: Legal Aspects of Political Risk (Oceana 1997), as well as co-editor of the legal treatise Digest of Commercial Laws of the World (Oceana 1998). He is actively involved with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, one of the best think tanks around.
“As far as libertarianism goes,” says Kinsella about himself, “I am most interested in rights theory, about which I have written in law reviews and other journals like Reason Papers and the Journal of Libertarian Studies, and law and economics. I have attempted to develop a framework justifying and grounding rights, which is based on the legal concept of ‘estoppel’.” [continue reading…]
Communication and Libertarianism, by Pavel Slutskiy (Springer, 2021), has recently been published. It’s available in kindle and paper here, but unfortunately at ridiculous academic publisher prices designed to make it impossible for most people to read the book.
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