Ep. 557 The State's Corruption of Private Law, or We Don't Need No Legislature
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2015
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Ever since we learned in school how a bill becomes a law, we've absorbed the idea that it's normal for law to be imposed from the top down. But it's possible, and indeed the historical norm, for law to emerge in a completely different, more libertarian-friendly way. Join me for a great conversation with Stephan Kinsella!
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| 0:00.0 | The Tom Woods Show, episode 557. |
| 0:03.5 | Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion. |
| 0:08.1 | Your daily dose of liberty education starts here, the Tom Woods Show. |
| 0:14.5 | Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of the show. |
| 0:16.6 | Stefan Kinsella is back with us again. |
| 0:19.6 | There are so many episode topics I could cover with Stefan Kinsella. |
| 0:24.8 | And today we're talking about law and legislation. |
| 0:28.2 | Is it possible to think of law other than as something that's imposed from the top down by a bunch of legislators on society? |
| 0:39.3 | That's what we want to talk about because it's important, has important ramifications, and I thought I haven't done it yet. Doggone it, |
| 0:45.9 | it's episode 557, let's do it. Stefan Kinsella is a libertarian legal theorist. He has pioneered |
| 0:53.5 | in the study of intellectual property. I'm going to link to all kinds of material about Stefan at tomwoods.com slash 557. You can find out more about him at stephencinecine.com. Let me remind you because there's been a little bit of confusion. I am giving away a free autographed book. |
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| 2:01.8 | out to you. All right. Let's talk now to Stefan Kinsella. Stefan, welcome back to the show. |
| 2:08.1 | Thanks, Tom. Glad to be here. This is a topic I get, but I don't fully get. And I say that as |
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