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Whatever Happened to Justice?

by Richard J. Maybury Author

Shows what's gone wrong with America's legal system and economy and how to fix it. It also contains lots of helpful hints for improving family relationships and for making families and classrooms run more smoothly. Discusses the difference between higher law and man-made law, and the connection between rational law and economic prosperity. "Whatever Happened to Justice?" introduces the Two Laws: 1) Do all you have agreed to do, and 2) Do not encroach on other persons or their property. Can be used for courses in Law, Economics, Business, Finance, Government and History.

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Resource Type
Book
ISBN
0942617460
Print Status
In Print
Chapters
42
Pages
214
Suggested Grades
7th - 12th
Publisher
Bluestocking Press
Copyright
2004
Written
1993

Chapters

  • 1 The Cause is Law
  • 2 A Higher Authority
  • 3 A Higher Law
  • 4 Two Kinds of Law
  • 5 The Two Fundamental Laws
  • 6 Enforcement of Early Common Law
  • 7 How Do We Know If It's Law?
  • 8 Logic and Atoms
  • 9 Ambient Encroachment & Tacit Contracts
  • 10 Economic Calculation
  • 11 Force or Fraud
  • 12 The Lawless West
  • 13 Natural Rights
  • 14 The Human Ecology
  • 15 How Things Get Done
  • 16 Political Law
  • 17 Discovery vs. Enactment
  • 18 Our New Religion
  • 19 Common Law Wasn't Perfect
  • 20 Liberty vs. Permission
  • 21 Instability, Nuremberg and Abortion
  • 22 Democracy and the Constitution
  • 23 The Constitution: Highest Law of the Land?
  • 24 Competing for Privilege
  • 25 The Great Mystery
  • 26 The Privilege and the Thrill
  • 27 The Fun is in the Playing
  • 28 The Lessons of Simon Bolivar
  • 29 Eating the Seed Corn
  • 30 Origin of Government
  • 31 Are Lawyers and Judges Corrupt?
  • 32 So Why Do We Have a Government?
  • 33 Unsolved Problem: Risk
  • 34 Unsolved Problem: Capital Punishment
  • 35 Unsolved Problem: The Environment
  • 36 Unsolved Problem: Drugs
  • 37 Unsolved Problem: War
  • 38 Unsoved Problem: Irredentism
  • 39 Unsolved Problem: Poverty
  • 40 Unsoloved Problem: Consumer Protection
  • 41 Unsolved Problem: Are There More Rules?
  • 42 Summary and Appendices

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