Introducing the Papinian Press, which will be used for several upcoming works, including:
- Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Papinian Press, 2023)
- You Can’t Own Ideas: Essays on Intellectual Property (ebook; Papinian Press, 2023)
- The Anti-IP Reader: Free Market Critiques of Intellectual Property (ebook; Papinian Press, 2023)
- A Life in Liberty: Liber Amicorum in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Papinian Press, 2024)
- Adopting Liberty: The Ideas and Life of Stephan Kinsella: A Memoir (Papinian Press, forthcoming)
- The Libertarian Anarchist Reader (ebook; Papinian Press, tentative)
- Copy This Book: The Case for Abolishing Intellectual Property (Papinian Press, tentative)
This imprint is named after the Roman Jurist Papinian, a favorite of mine for both his connection to the Roman law (I studied law at Louisiana State University, a civil law state with its legal system influenced by the Roman law), his brilliance as a jurist, and his courage and adherence to justice when faced with death. I also used him in the promo material for the Mises Academy course I taught in 2011 on libertarian legal theory, KOL018 | “Libertarian Legal Theory: Property, Conflict, and Society: Lecture 1: Libertarian Basics: Rights and Law” (Mises Academy, 2011). The reason I admire him so much: “Papinian [a third-century Roman jurist, considered by many to be the greatest of Roman jurists] is said to have been put to death for refusing to compose a justification of Caracalla’s murder of his brother and co-Emperor, Geta, declaring, so the story goes, that it is easier to commit murder than to justify it.” 1
Imprint designed by Susi Clark of Creative Blueprint Design.
- Barry Nicholas, An Introduction to Roman Law, p. 30 n.2 (1962). See also Roman Jurist Aemilius Papinianus: “According to historical accounts, Caracalla demanded that Papinian justify Geta’s murder to the Roman Senate and the public. Papinian, refusing to condone such an act, allegedly responded that “it is easier to commit murder than to justify it.” This defiant stance sealed his fate, and he was subsequently executed by beheading. His body was then dragged through the streets of Rome, a grim warning to others who might oppose Caracalla’s rule.” [↩]
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