Justice Without the State
Nathaniel P. Langford I’ll be attending a conference soon on “popular justice,” for which I had the great pleasure of reading some most interesting books on the history of popular…
Political Theory
John Brown’s Bio
An interesting review in The New Yorker of a new biography of John Brown. I’m ordering the book on review, John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the…
John Brown’s Bio
An interesting review in The New Yorker of a new biography of John Brown. I’m ordering the book on review, John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the…
John Brown’s Bio
An interesting review in The New Yorker of a new biography of John Brown. I’m ordering the book on review, John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the…
John Brown’s Bio
An interesting review in The New Yorker of a new biography of John Brown. I’m ordering the book on review, John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the…
Are We to Be Ruled by Old Laws?
So It Was Writ I was horrified to learn that a federal judge has recently ruled that the powers of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect me from…
Should Pharmacists Be Required to Fill Prescriptions?
Prescription for Conflict? My colleague David Boaz and Judy Waxman of the National Women’s Law Center face off in Legal Affairs on whether pharmacists should be forced to fulfill prescriptions….
The Constitution in Exile
I’ve just quickly read the New York Times Magazine piece by Jeffrey Rosen on “The Constitution in Exile.” (I have to finish some work before giving some lectures for univesity…
The Best Commentary Yet on the Schiavo Case
Jacob Hornberger has the most sensible commentary on the much discussed Terri Schiavo case. I don’t know enough about the details of the case (and the facts of the case…
John Lilburne in Saudi Arabia?
Free Born John: A Hero of Liberty One of the greatest bulwarks of liberty is the independent judiciary. John Lilburne, the great Leveller, refused to recognize the right of the…