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Does Governmental Vicarious Liability Make Any Sense?
Ridgway K. (Dick) Foley, Jr. practices law in Oregon and is a former FEE officer and trustee. Copyright Ridgway K. Foley, Jr. 2007. Fueled by the Instrumentalist Revolution, the American legal system has decayed from a quest for a just resolution of realistic disputes that the parties cannot solve by less formal means into a [...]
1Mar2008 | Ridgway K. Foley Jr. | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Impossibility of Harming the Environment
“The ‘polluter pays principle’ states that whoever is responsible for damage to the environment should bear the costs associated with it.” —United Nations Environmental Programme1 The “polluter pays principle” appeals to our sense of justice. People should be held responsible for their actions, and polluters who cause damage to others should “pay” for that damage. [...]
1May2002 | Roy Cordato | 0 comments | ContinuedTo Serve and Protect: Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice
Over the last three decades, the share of GDP consumed by the public sector on crime control has tripled and now exceeds $100 billion annually, or about $1,000 per household. Crime rates have declined in the 1990s, suggesting some benefit from the expenditure, yet crime stubbornly remains three times higher than 30 years ago, according [...]
1Oct1999 | Morgan O. Reynolds | 0 comments | ContinuedWhere Does Law Come From?
This article draws from a research project supported by the Earhart Foundation, the Institute for Humane Studies, and the Independent Institute. The legal scholar Lon Fuller defined law as “the enterprise of subjecting human conduct to the governance of rules.” It includes basic rules of conduct as well as institutions or mechanisms for clarifying, changing, [...]
1Dec1997 | Bruce L. Benson | 5 comments | Continued-
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