Libertarian Legal Theory 6: APPLICATIONS CONTINUED; COMMON LIBERTARIAN MISTAKES (FRAUD ETC.)
Channel: gdmk1000
Date: 2012-03-30

This course is taught by Stephan Kinsella, a leading libertarian theorist. The class will run for six weeks, from January 31, 2011 until March 11, 2011, and will provide detailed discussions of the foundations of libertarian theory and related topics such as individual rights; justice, punishment and restitution; anarchy and minarchy; contract theory; inalienability; property rights and homesteading; intellectual property; legislation versus common law; legal positivism; Austrian economics and libertarianism; and causation and responsibility. Optional testing will include a multiple-choice mid-term exam and a multiple-choice final exam.

Kinsella is Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, editor of Libertarian Papers, General Counsel for Applied Optoelectronics, and was formerly an adjunct professor at South Texas College of Law.  He has frequently lectured and published on IP law, international law, and the application of libertarian principles to legal topics, including Against Intellectual Property and Property, Freedom, and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (co-editor, with Jörg Guido Hülsmann, Mises Institute, 2009).

Syllabus:
    Anarcho-libertarianism (cont.)
    Justice: Punishment and Restitution
        The Case of Threats
        Stalking
        Spam
        Torts and Negligence
    Legal Positivism and Logical Positivism

Slides & Study materials: http://www.libertarianstandard.com/2012/01/01/kinsellas-libertarian-legal-theory-course-audio-and-slides/