April 18, 2013
The End of an Era: The Kiobel Decision
Yesterday the Supreme Court issued a ruling that virtually ended more than 30 years of human rights litigation in United States courts. Starting with the landmark Filartiga case, foreigners have…
Author: Fernando Teson
April 06, 2013
A Questionable Argument for Paternalistic Legislation
Following Mill, libertarians have condemned paternalistic legislation. Examples of such legislation are the criminalization of drugs, and the failure to wear motorcycle helms or seat belts. Mill’s argument is that…
February 02, 2013
More on Libertarians and War
Libertarians think that only defensive war is justified. This belief about war is an extension of the beliefs about individual violence. Just as persons cannot permissibly attack other persons, so…
December 21, 2012
What’s in a Word?
Here, just in time for holiday fun, is some old-fashioned ordinary-language, probably worthless, rumination. It is often said, when criticizing institutions, that such and such political arrangement systematically hurts the…
October 24, 2012
When Conservatives Are Right
I’m a libertarian, not a conservative. We all know what that means. However, there is a point where, in my judgment, conservatives are right: Obama and the high liberals want…
September 25, 2012
BHL on Reason Magazine
In his interesting article in Reason magazine Ron Paul: Man of the Left (p. 35) Brian Doherty says nice things about bleeding-heart libertarians in general, and John Tomasi in particular.