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Is the World Becoming Less Free?
Is the World Becoming Less Free? Erosion of the rule of law and various civil liberties are causing the world to be a less free, less prosperous place. The Cato Institute has, in cooperation with the Canadian Fraser Institute and the German “Friedrich-Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit,” assembled a comprehensive 396-page report on human freedom […]
100+ Respected Academics Slam EU in Letter to Juncker Citing “Rule of Law”
100+ Respected Academics Slam EU in Letter to Juncker Citing “Rule of Law” On Thursday, over 100 well-respected academics slammed the EU in a letter sent a letter to European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council president Donald Tusk. The academics cited the rule of law. The open letter , signed by highly-respected academics […]
Why the Rule of Law Matters, Even If It Doesn’t Exist
Why the Rule of Law Matters, Even If It Doesn’t Exist Hayek uses the sixth chapter of The Road to Serfdom to discuss the concept of the rule of law. Young Americans like myself have come of age in a climate where arbitrary rule has steadily become the norm. Civil liberties, once guaranteed by the […]
“The Rule of Law Such As Ours” (And as Imposed in Catalonia)
“The Rule of Law Such As Ours” (And as Imposed in Catalonia) Photo by thierry ehrmann The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, referring to the “illegal” Catalan referendum on independence slated to take place on October 1, opined, “This illegal plan of rupture has no place in a democratic state under the rule of law […]
The Myth of the Rule of Law
The Myth of the Rule of Law Any state, no matter how powerful, cannot not rule solely through the use of brute force. There are too few rulers and too many of us for coercion alone to be an effective means of control. The political class must rely on ideology to achieve popular compliance, masking […]
The Keys to Human Prosperity: Individual Liberty and Rule of Law
THE KEYS TO HUMAN PROSPERITY: INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND RULE OF LAW We live at time when, increasingly, the U.S. government operates in arbitrary and discretionary ways. Government regulatory agencies seemingly have unrestrained powers over land-use, business manufacturing and enterprise, the workplace and the environment under broad legislative mandates. And proposals are now frequently being made […]
The Rule Of Law No Longer Exists In Western Civilization
The Rule Of Law No Longer Exists In Western Civilization My work documenting how the law was lost began about a quarter of a century ago. A close friend and distinguished attorney, Dean Booth, first brought to my attention the erosion of the legal principles on which rests the rule of law in the United […]
Who May Use the King’s Forest? The Meaning of Magna Carta, Commons and Law in Our Time
Who May Use the King’s Forest? The Meaning of Magna Carta, Commons and Law in Our Time The relationship between law and the commons is very much on my mind these days. I recently posted a four-part serialization of my strategy memo, “Reinventing Law for the Commons.” The following public talk, which I gave at […]
Is the Justice Department Finally Ready to Jail Corporate Criminals?
Is the Justice Department Finally Ready to Jail Corporate Criminals? The single greatest travesty to afflict American society in the 21st century has been the abandonment of the rule of law and accountability. It’s worse than the attacks of 9/11 and the subsequent loss of privacy and civil liberties. It’s even worse than the economic devastation unleashed by […]
California Water Wars Escalate: State Changes Law, Orders Farmers To Stop Pumping
California Water Wars Escalate: State Changes Law, Orders Farmers To Stop Pumping “In the water world, the pre-1914 rights were considered to be gold,” exclaimed one water attorney, but as AP reports, it appears that ‘gold’ is being tested as California water regulators flexed their muscles by ordering a group of farmers to stop pumping from a branch of the […]
Happy Birthday Magna Carta
Happy Birthday Magna Carta Monday, June 15, 2015, is the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. In his book, Magna Carta, J.C. Holt, professor of medieval history, University of Cambridge, notes that three of the chapters of this ancient document still stand on the English Stature Book and that so much of what survives of the Great […]
‘We the People’ Need to Circle the Wagons: The Government Is on the Warpath
‘We the People’ Need to Circle the Wagons: The Government Is on the Warpath “The government is merely a servant―merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.” ― […]
Seizing an alternative: Obviously unlawful US/UK wars of the present (2 of 7)
Seizing an alternative: Obviously unlawful US/UK wars of the present (2 of 7) The following is my paper for the Claremont Colleges’ conference, Seizing an Alternative Toward an Ecological Civilization, with open registration to the public on June 4-7, 2015.Paper title: ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’ political collapse: Seizing an alternative to OBVIOUS unlawful wars, bankster looting, lying corporate media […]
Yes it is Scary – But Necessary
Yes it is Scary – But Necessary COMMENT: Hi Martin, Once again, thank you for all the information you provide on a daily basis. It is informative as well as scary at the same time. I’m afraid you are preaching to the hard headed. Here in Canada, people truly believe in government and socialist ideologies. It […]
2015: The War on Our Intuition That Something Is Fundamentally Amiss
2015: The War on Our Intuition That Something Is Fundamentally Amiss In 1967, the rock group Buffalo Springfield recorded a song titled For What It’s Worthwhich speaks not just to the late 1960s but to the present. Consider the opening lines: There’s something happening here What it is ain’t exactly clear The ambiguity is not coincidental.When […]
