Overview
- Combines constitutional legal theory with libertarian/Vienna-school principles and economics
- Suggests libertarian solutions to legal problems
- Provides a fresh, a-political view of timely issues, including sexual harassment, drug prohibition and abortion
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism (PASTCL)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Crime
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Front Matter
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Keywords
- Law and economics
- Philosophy of law
- United States Supreme Court
- Libertarian theory of law
- Economic conservatism
- Political philosophy
- Economic philosophy
- Gender equity and law
- Sexual harassment in the workplace
- Environmental justice
- Economics of Human Organ Transplantation
- Drug control laws
- Libertarian legal philosophy
- gender, sexuality and law
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Roy Whitehead, who earned JD and LLM degrees, both from the University of Arkansas, is the Distinguished Professor of Business Law Emeritus at the University of Central Arkansas, USA. He is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Supreme Court of Arkansas. He has authored and coauthored 26 law review articles and has published more than 100 refereed journal articles. While teaching he also served for five years as UCA’s General Counsel and seven years as UCA’s Faculty Athletics Representative to the NCAA and Chairman of the Faculty Athletic Committee. He also chaired the Gender Equity Committee to ensure the university fully and effectively accommodated the interests and abilities of female athletes who could compete at the university level.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophy of Law
Book Subtitle: The Supreme Court’s Need for Libertarian Law
Authors: Walter E. Block, Roy Whitehead
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28360-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-28359-9Published: 25 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-28362-9Published: 25 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-28360-5Published: 14 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2662-6470
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6489
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 520
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Law and Economics, Political Philosophy, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Gender, Sexuality and Law, Business Law, Economic Policy