The Enterprise of Law: Justice Without the State
- ISBN-10
- 1598130447
- ISBN-13
- 9781598130447
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 397
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Independent Inst
- Author
- Bruce L. Benson
Description
In the minds of many, the provision of justice and security has long been linked to the state. To ask whether non-state institutions could deliver those services on their own, without the aid of coercive taxation and a monopoly franchise, runs the risk of being branded as naive anarchism or dangerous radicalism. Defenders of the state’s monopoly on lawmaking and law enforcement typically assume that any alternative arrangement would favor the rich at the expense of the poor—or would lead to the collapse of social order and ignite a war. Questioning how well these beliefs hold up to scrutiny, this book offers a powerful rebuttal of the received view of the relationship between law and government. The book argues not only that the state is unnecessary for the establishment and enforcement of law, but also that non-state institutions would fight crime, resolve disputes, and render justice more effectively than the state, based on their stronger incentives.
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- 1990
- 397 pages
- Paperback
- Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy
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