Lisa, Has Thomas Szasz's lecture which was postponed from March 12 taken place already? If so, where can I find a video of it? I did not find it on the site...
Interesting article from Reason that touches upon some of Dr. Szasz's ideas: http://www.reason.com/rb/rb042005.shtml The only point of disagreement I have with...
Rebecca Dresser stated: "We could develop alternative social controls—some sort of system of civil commitment." She's not a very original thinker. We've had...
I agree. It's too bad the author didn't mention Szasz in the article. I beleive he never read anything he wrote - and if he did, he didn't understand it or...
You know, libertarians have given a lot of thought to what is freedom, but what is responsibility? Responsibility is not identical to fault. Fault is a moral...
The dillema might be solved if we assume Pat had insurance for such a treasure. Pat might come out ahead (like in the movie "Trading Places" where Eddie...
... But s/he'll lose the no-claim discount, and if s/he had another claim that year, s/he might be refused renewal, or have to pay a surcharge for reinsurance....
Might be interesting to look at the matter from a legal point of view. Negligence vs. contributory negligence. Do we have enough facts to decide who should...
If it could be known that someone was going to commit a crime, should the agents of the state take control of the person and prevent him from perpetrating the...
It is illegal to work more than 48 hours in Europe at the moment, Britain (my home country) has an opt out of this. As the EU is reducing the amount of laws...
There is a concept in law called "strict liability" that one might consider in dealing with such controversies. In Black's Law Dictionary, strict liability is...
Locking up employers or employees because of their choice to work more than a certain number of hours is counterproductive. In the case of truck drivers -...
... Nobody's going to be locked up. These aren't criminal laws, they're civil laws, and they don't apply to individuals but govern employment contracts. People...
Are housewives employees of their husbands? Is a husband supposed to pay his wife? Does a wife pay a husband for a home and necessaries and probably some...
Charles Howard wrote: Why is funny to joke about the hours that women work? Why isn't funny to joke about the work that men do? Because in our mysoginist...
Again, whenever one quotes Szasz, it would help to have a book and page number to cite. Where did Szasz compare matrimony to a form of slavery, assuming he...
i just heard they are trying widely reduce the use of rickshaws in India. The plan is still in its early stages, so far they have only been restricted from...
That's kind of funny, because in Boston, the bicycle rickshaw is starting to show up. I guess when we're a third world country and India and China are the...
Dear Friends, We are happy to announce that today the European Court of Human Rights arrived at the sensational verdict that Vera Stein, who in her youth was ...
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Dear Friends, The sensational verdict of today is published in English here: http://www.iaapa.de/CASE_OF_ST_%20v_GERMANY.doc Rene Talbot Sectretary of IAAPA...
René, I haven't read all of it yet, but it looks to me so far that this verdict is of little use to us. The "applicant" as the document calls her, was...
... this ... I find it hard to see how any one-off legal case can 'sensationally' help us. It's rather like the Witchfinder General admitting to one mistake,...
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