KOL199 | Tom Woods Show: The State’s Corruption of Private Law, or We Don’t Need No Legislature
Channel: N. Stephan Kinsella
Date: 2021-05-17

Original podcast and additional notes available at http://www.stephankinsella.com/kinsella-on-liberty-podcast/

I discussed legislation and law  with Tom Woods on his show today, Episode 557:

Ep. 557 The State’s Corruption of Private Law, or We Don’t Need No Legislature

17th December 2015

Ever since we learned in school how a bill becomes a law, we’ve absorbed the idea that it’s normal for law to be imposed from the top down. But it’s possible, and indeed the historical norm, for law to emerge in a completely different, more libertarian-friendly way. Join me for a great conversation with Stephan Kinsella!

About the Guest

Stephan Kinsella is a registered patent attorney, lecturer, and author. He is the Director of the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom, Founding and Executive Editor of Libertarian Papers, and blogger at The Libertarian Standard.

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Related Links

“Legislation and the Discovery of Law in a Free Society” (PDF) by Stephan Kinsella
Liberty and Law (PDF), by Giovanni Sartori
“The State’s Corruption of Private Law,” by Stephan Kinsella
“Another Problem with Legislation: James Carter and the Field Codes,” by Stephan Kinsella

Related Books

Law, Legislation, and Liberty, vol. 1: Rules and Order, by F.A. Hayek
Freedom and the Law, by Bruno Leoni

Books by the Guest

Against Intellectual Property
International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide
Protecting Foreign Investment Under International Law: Legal Aspects of Political Risk

For some more related posts/resources:

“Legislation and Law in a Free Society,” Mises Daily (Feb. 25, 2010)
“Legislation and the Discovery of Law in a Free Society,” Journal of Libertarian Studies 11 (Summer 1995)
Another Problem with Legislation: James Carter v. the Field Codes
Kinsella & Rome, Louisiana Civil Law Dictionary (Quid Pro Books, 2011)
Regret: The Glory of State Law
KOL001 | “The (State’s) Corruption of (Private) Law” (PFS 2012)
Hayek, Law, Legislation and Liberty, vol. 1
John Hasnas, The Myth of the Rule of Law
David Kelley & Roger Donway, Laissez Parler: Freedom in the Electronic Media (linked here)
Bruno Leoni, Freedom and the Law
Giovanni Sartori, Liberty and Law (pdf)
Shael Herman, The Louisiana Civil Code: A European Legacy for the United States
Alan Watson, Roman Law and Comparative Law
Idem, The Importance of “Nutshells”, AJCL, 1994
Why Airwaves (Electromagnetic Spectra) Are (Arguably) Property