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Making Sense of English Law Enforcement in the 18th Century
Source: David D. Friedman
Author: David D. Friedman
Country: United States
E-mail: DDFr@best.com

Friedman here examines the private aspects of 18th-century English law, arguing that many aspects of this pre-penal code system make sense.

Confessions of a Macaulay fan
Source: Reason
Author: Walter Olson
Country: United States

The historian-essayist-statesman Thomas Babington Macaulay was an advocate of both civil and economic liberty who deserves to be rediscovered by the modern world. (8/9/00)

The legacy of an education
Source: Acton Institute
Author: James C. Holland
Country: United States

Lord Acton's interest in the cause of personal freedom was inspired by his wide-ranging education. (2000)

Competing producers of security: round one
Source: Antiwar.com
Author: Joseph Stromberg
Country: United States

In examining Hendrik Spruyt's "The Sovereign State and Its Competitors," Stromberg details the evolution of the modern state during the middle ages to meet rising demands for protection and services. He asks whether the EU may be a step toward something new. (12/12/00)

Jefferson's philosopher
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: John Locke
Country: United States

"John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, first published in 1690, was the crucial influence on the Declaration of Independence... Here are excerpts from The Second Treatise of Government." (07/05/01)

Freedom vs. liberty
Source: Antiwar.com
Author: Joseph Stromberg
Country: United States

Stromberg traces the etymological roots of the words "freedom" and "liberty." (07/09/01)

The Thomas Jefferson - Sally Hemings myth and the politicization of American history
Source: Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs
Author: David N. Mayer
Country: United States
E-mail: dmayer@ashbrook.org

Mayer, a renowkned Jefferson scholar, discusses the lack of evidence for the Jefferson-Hemmings affair, and more broadly the distortion of history for contemporary political ends. (04/09/01)

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