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Libertarianism
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Politics series Libertarianism is a political philosophy that supports individual rights, private property rights, and free market capitalism. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Politics Look up Politics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Politics (disambiguation) Democracy History of democracy List of democracy and elections-related topics List of years in politics List of politics by country articles Progressivism Progressive Logic Political corruption Political economy Political movement...

Factions
Minarchism
Anarcho-capitalism
Paleolibertarianism
Neolibertarianism
Left-libertarianism
In civics, minarchism, sometimes called minimal statism, is the view that the size, role and influence of government in a free society should be minimal - only large enough to protect the liberty of each and every individual, without violating the liberty of any individuals itself. ... Anarcho-capitalism refers to an anti-statist philosophy that embraces capitalism as one of its foundational principles. ... Paleolibertarianism is a school of thought within American libertarianism founded by Murray Rothbard and Lew Rockwell, and closely associated with the Ludwig von Mises Institute. ... Neolibertarianism is a subset of libertarian thought that embraces incrementalism and pragmatism domestically and a generally interventionist foreign policy. ... Left-libertarianism is an offshoot of conventional Socialism that holds a more egalitarian theory of ownership of resources and a typically liberal view of rights and liberties. ...


Influences
Austrian School
Classical liberalism
Individualist anarchism
Objectivism
Mixed economy
The Austrian School is a school of economic thought that rejects opposing economists reliance on methods used in natural science for the study of human action, and instead bases its formalism of economics on relationships through logic or introspection called praxeology. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... Josiah Warren is the first American anarchist Individualist anarchism, while being advocated among some European philosophers in various forms, has a distinctive flavor in The United States of America. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A mixed economy is an economy that combines capitalism and socialism [1]. Some sources prefer the use of command economy over socialism in defining a mixed economy (see external links below). ...


Ideas
Liberty
Free markets
Capitalism
Non-aggression
Liberty is generally thought of in English as a condition in which an individual has immunity from the arbitrary exercise of authority; it often also implies the right to exercise political rights such as standing for office. ... A free market is an idealized market, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an economy... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Capitalism The page is about the economic system. ... The non-aggression principle or non-aggression axiom is defined as a prohibition against the initiation of force, or the threat of force, against persons or property (usually referred to as aggression or coercion). ...


Key issues
Parties
Economic views
Views of rights
Theories of law
Criticism
Libertarian Party can refer to several libertarian political parties, including: United States Libertarian Party Libertarian Party of Canada Movimiento Libertario of Costa Rica The Libertarianz of New Zealand Libertarian Party of Australia There are also political parties that hold some of the same policies as the above parties but do... The Austrian School of economics and the Chicago School of economics are important foundations of the economic system favored by modern libertarians —capitalism, where the means of production are privately owned, economic and financial decisions are made privately rather than by state control, and goods and services are exchanged in... Libertarians and Objectivists limit what they define as rights to variations on the right to be left alone, and argue that other rights such as the right to a good education or the right to have free access to water are not legitimate rights and do not deserve the same... Libertarianism is a political philosophy that supports largely unrestricted property rights and opposes most government functions (such as taxation, prosecution of victimless crimes and regulations on businesses beyond the minimum required to prevent fraud or property damage) as coercive, even if a democratic majority supports it. ...

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Libertarian theories of law build on libertarianism or classical liberalism. The defining characteristic of libertarian legal theory is its insistence that the primary or only legitimate function of law is the preservation of individual liberty. Historically, the Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek is one of the most important libertarian legal theorists. Another important predecessor was Lysander Spooner, a 19th century American individualist anarchist and lawyer. Among contemporary legal theorists, an important and influential libertarian is Randy Barnett, who set out a comprehensive libertarian theory of law in his book The Structure of Liberty. Other notable libertarians who have addressed legal theory include Murray Rothbard (The Ethics of Liberty), Robert Nozick (Anarchy, State and Utopia), David Friedman (The Machinery of Freedom), Richard Epstein (Skepticism and Freedom), Gene Healy, Roger Pilon, Joseph Becker, and Jacob Hornberger. Libertarianism is a political philosophy that supports individual rights, private property rights, and free market capitalism. ... This article discusses liberalism as a major political ideology as it developed and stands currently. ... Friedrich Hayek Friedrich August Hayek (May 8, 1899 in Vienna – March 23, 1992 in Freiburg) was an Austrian economist of the Austrian School of economics. ... Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 - May 14, 1887) was an American political philosopher, abolitionist, and legal theorist of the 19th century. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... In politics, individualist anarchism is a variety of anarchism that emphasises the importance of the individual. ... Randy E. Barnett is a lawyer, law professor at Boston University, and legal theorist in the United States, noted for his libertarian theory of law and his work on contract theory and constitutional law and theory. ... Murray Newton Rothbard Murray Newton Rothbard (March 2, 1926 - January 7, 1995) was an American economist and political theorist belonging to the Austrian School of Economics who helped define modern libertarianism and anarcho-capitalism. ... Robert Nozick (November 16, 1938 – January 23, 2002) was an American philosopher and Pellegrino University Professor at Harvard University. ... David Friedman David D. Friedman (born 1945), is a libertarian writer who became a leading figure in Anarcho-capitalism with the publication of his book The Machinery of Freedom (1971). ... Richard Epstein Richard A. Epstein, born in 1943, is currently the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. ... Willmcw 17:12, July 20, 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ...


Libertarian legal theory addresses a variety of substantive topics, including the following:

  • What is a legitimate constitutional right in light of the principles of libertarian political theory?
  • What are just practices of criminal punishment?
  • What are the limits on legitimate government authority? For example, what is the extent of the legitimate police power?

References

  • Randy Barnett (1998). The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198293240.
  • Richard Epstein (2003). Skepticism and Freedom: A Modern Case for Classical Liberalism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226213048.
  • Friedrich Hayek (1981). Law, Legislation and Liberty: The Political Order of a Free People. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0415098688, ISBN 0226320901.

See also

Anarchist law refers to a concept about the law to use in anarchies, although some people define anarchies as communities without any law. ... Philosophy of law is a branch of philosophy and jurisprudence which studies basic questions about law and legal systems, such as what is the law?, what are the criteria for legal validity?, what is the relationship between law and morality?, and many other similar questions. ... Libertarianism is a political philosophy that supports individual rights, private property rights, and free market capitalism. ... This article discusses liberalism as a major political ideology as it developed and stands currently. ... Law and economics is the term usually applied to an approach to legal theory that incorporates methods and ideas borrowed from the discipline of economics. ... Polycentric law, as opposed to monopoly statist law, refers to a set of competing or overlapping legal systems and jurisdictions. ...

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Libertarianism is a political philosophy advocating the right of individuals to be free to do whatever they wish with their persons or property as long as they allow others the same liberty, by not initiating physical force, the threat of it, or fraud against others.
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Libertarians see their origins in the earlier 17th to 20th century tradition of classical liberalism, and often use that term as a synonym for libertarianism, particularly outside of the USA.
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