Overview

Polls suggest up to twenty percent of Americans describe their beliefs as 'libertarian', but libertarians are often derided as heartless Social Darwinists or naïve idealists. This illuminating handbook brings together scholars from a range of fields (from law to philosophy to politics to economics) and political perspectives (right, left, and center) to consider how classical liberal principles can help us understand and potentially address a variety of pressing social problems including immigration, climate change, the growth of the prison population, and a host of others. Anyone interested in political theory or practical law and politics will find this book an essential resource for understanding this major strand of American politics.

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Author:   M. Todd Henderson
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781108416931

ISBN 10:   1108416934
Pages:   322
Publication Date:   13 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The rise, fall, and renaissance of classical liberalism Ralph Raico; 2. Back the future: new classical liberalism and old social justice Jason Brennan; 3. More and better: resources defined through property and exchange Art Carden; 4. The boundaries of anti-discrimination laws David E. Bernstein; 5. Environmental protection: final frontier or Achilles heel? Jonathon H. Adler; 6. I, Pencil Leonard E. Read; Note from Editor and introduction Lawrence W. Reed; 7. Foot voting and the future of liberty Ilya Somin; 8. Classical liberal administrative law in a progressive world Michael Rappaport; 9. Political libertarianism Jacob T. Levy; 10. The bourgeois argument for freer immigration Fernando R. Tesón; 11. Rationality – what?: misconceptions of neoclassical and behavioral economics Mario J. Rizzo; 12. Property, intellectual property, and regulation James Y. Stern; 13. Classical liberalism and the problem of technological change Justin Hurwitz and Geoffrey A. Manne; 14. Classical liberalism, race and mass incarceration Aziz Huq; 15. Seven problems for classical liberals Louis Michael Seidman; 16. Meeting the fundamental objections to classical liberalism Richard A. Epstein.

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M. Todd Henderson is the Michael J. Marks Professor of Law and Mark Claster Mamolen Research Scholar at the University of Chicago Law School, where his research interests include corporations, securities regulation, and law and economics. Previously he served as clerk to the Honourable Dennis Jacobs of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, practiced appellate litigation at Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, DC, and was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company in Boston.

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