There exists a body of work on the topic of natural law, familiarity with which addresses these concerns. Let me refer the inquisitive and patient reader to...
i'd say that taking a lawyer's word on just about anything is risky business. i don't have a problem with using "aggression" rather than "crime"; you're...
i don't know what happened to my previous message. hopefully it won't show up later and i look dumb for posting similar things twice. i wouldn't make a habit...
The LNF site is currently having an odd problem where the links work fine for some people (including me) but not for others. Try the Google cached version: ...
I don't see how this invokes any technical legal doctrine, as opposed to just ordinary common sense. On your view, how do you avoid the following inference? ...
thanks! this one works. this is the gist: "What that means is that we are, after all, justified in accepting the way things initially seem to us as a true...
... Well, Spooner *was* a lawyer. And more broadly, the view that nothing counts as a crime unless it is contrary to natural justice, and that nothing counts...
I'm afraid that all that shows is that Spooner and Murray were as clueless about legal terms as more contemporary libertarians. ... From: Brad Spangler To:...
As risky as taking some net genius's word about law and political philosophy? ... From: brian To: molinari-institute@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 01,...
There are plenty of historical cases of lawyers who defended a natural law doctrine, and hence the doctrine that there are acts appropriately called crimes...
... Are you saying that the word "ongoing" is appropriate in describing anything with a duration greater than instantaneous? Let's suppose that's a correct...
... Hash: SHA1 ... Well, Spooner *tells* you what he means by his terms. Here are the first ... ~ [1]: http://www.lysanderspooner.org/VicesAreNotCrimes.htm ...
Brad, try to focus now. You aren't engaged in some sort of heroic combat against the big bad lawyer. You are [or at least should be] discussing the well...
Conflating dissent from orthodoxy with unawareness of orthodoxy is not a direction I would take with someone in a discussion. Perhaps clarifying your own...
... Hash: SHA1 ... Craig, Do you have an actual argument for your position on offer? You made a claim about the sense of a term (which is not strictly a...
mr. spangler is a well-known and respected individual of the freedom movement and i find it of small character and of personal repugnance that one would treat...
You're very kind, Brian, but I'm not automatically due any special level of respect. Furthermore, I have an unfortunate tendency toward condescension myself,...
maybe i found a flaw in my representation of rights, justice and subjectivity: it may be a mistake to refer to rights as a basket rather than a la carte in...
Another thing to keep in mind is that criminal guilt does not remove natural rights in the sense that punishment purely for punishments sake is somehow...
Brian, I'm not much interested in your view of reputations or personalities. I'm simply stating the facts. When you get to the point where you can deal with...
Rad, my billing rate is currently $360/hr. Forward the check or do your own research. You might start with some respected legal sites such as "Findlaw.com," or...
... Well, I understood that Spooner was indeed a lawyer. As a young man he apprenticed himself to a lawyer, and then sued the state to be allowed to practice...
Well, I guess its a matter of definition. Law professors these days will often file amicus briefs in high profile cases and will sometimes donate services in...
"Brian, I'm not much interested in your view of reputations or personalities. I'm simply stating the facts. When you get to the point where you can deal with...
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