Anarchy and the Law, 9781598134360
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Markets versus state: exploring law beyond government power.
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Anarchy and the Law

The Political Economy of Choice

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    720 pages

  • Release Date

    13 July 2026

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Summary

Anarchy and the Law assembles in one volume the most important classic and contemporary studies exploring and debating non-state legal and political systems, especially involving the tradition of natural law and private contracts.

Should markets and contracts provide law, and can the rule of law itself be understood as a private institution? Are the state and its police powers benign societal forces, or are they a system of conquest, authoritarianism, occupation, and …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781598134360
ISBN-10:1598134361
Author:Edward P. Stringham
Publisher:Independent Institute
Imprint:Independent Institute
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:720
Release Date:13 July 2026
Weight:680g
About The Author

Edward P. Stringham

Edward P. Stringham is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute; Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Economic Organizations and Innovation and Deputy Director of the Shelby Cullom Davis Endowment, Trinity College; former President and Director of Research and Education at the American Institute for Economic Research; former President of the Association of Private Enterprise Education; and a member of the Board of Advisors for both the Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation and Center on Culture and Civil Society at the Independent Institute.

He received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University, and he has been Lloyd V. Hackley Endowed Chair for Capitalism and Free Enterprise Studies at Fayetteville State University; Associate Professor of Business Economics in the Area of Energy, Economics and Law in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University; and Associate Professor of Economics at San Jose State University.

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