Lysander Spooner (1808–1887)
Autor von No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority
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A Letter To Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address:: The Usurpations And Crimes Of Lawmakers And Judges And… (2004) 5 Exemplare
The Law of Intellectual Property; or, An Essay on the Right of Authors and Inventors to a Perpetual Property in Their… (1855) 3 Exemplare
Hukuk Nedir? (Seçme Metinler) 1 Exemplar
A Letter to Thomas F. Bayard 1 Exemplar
A Defense for Fugitive Slaves, Against the Acts of Congress of February 12, 1793 and September 18, 1850 (Classic… (2015) 1 Exemplar
Works of Lysander Spooner 1 Exemplar
Complete Works: The Unconstitutionality of Slavery, No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority, Vices are Not Crimes,… (2019) 1 Exemplar
Insultos a chefes de Estado ;: seguido de Odireito natural ou a ciencia da justica (1999) 1 Exemplar
Reasonable Religion: Lysander Spooner on Christianity (The Lysander Spooner Collection, Volume 1) (2013) 1 Exemplar
Vices are not Crimes 1 Exemplar
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Spooner is a libertarian anarchist, but unfortunately he makes a really dull argument throughout this book, essentially that the constitution is invalid unless 100% of people physically sign their names to it in every generation. This is the kind of formal and legalistic argument that gets Sovereign Citizens and others laughed out of court or tased on the street. While there is some reasonable philosophical argument about the legitimacy of states, territorial monopolies, etc,, the way he makes this argument is less than useless — it generally lowers the stature of libertarianism overall.
He wrote the book/pamphlets in the immediate aftermath of the civil war, so the arguments about treason with respect to the South do make sense, but there are far better ways to make this case.
Probably still worth skimming as a historical document but overrated.… (mehr)