With this book, Richard A. Epstein provides a spirited and systematic defense of classical liberalism against the critiques mounted against it over the past thirty years. One of the most distinguished and provocative legal scholars writing today, Epstein here explains his controversial ideas in what will quickly come to be considered one of his cornerstone works. He begins by laying out his own vision of the key principles of classical liberalism: respect for the autonomy of the individual, a strong system of private property rights, the voluntary exchange of labor and possessions, and...
With this book, Richard A. Epstein provides a spirited and systematic defense of classical liberalism against the critiques mounted against it over th...
In the early morning hours of 8 December 1969, hundreds of SWAT officers engaged in a violent battle with a handful of Los Angeles-based members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP). Five hours and 5,000 rounds of ammunition later, three SWAT team members and three Black Panthers lay wounded. For the Panthers and the community that supported them, the shoot-out symbolised a victory, and a key reason for that victory was the actions of a 19-year-old rank-and-file member of the BPP: Wayne Pharr. This book tells Pharr's riveting story of life in the Los Angeles branch of the BPP and...
In the early morning hours of 8 December 1969, hundreds of SWAT officers engaged in a violent battle with a handful of Los Angeles-based members of th...