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Lysander Spooner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 – May 14, 1887) was an American individualist anarchist political philosopher, abolitionist, and legal theorist of the 19th century. He is also known for his competition with the U.S. Post Office. ..." |
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TheAdvocates.org - Lysander Spooner
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| Biography |
| Biography of Spooner, by Charles Shively, The Collected Works of Lysander Spooner, 1971 |
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| Laissez Faire Books |
| Web Sites |
| LysanderSpooner.org, by Randy E. Barnett |
| Web Pages |
Lysander Spooner - Libertarian
Advocates for Self-Government |
| Articles |
| Lysander Spooner (1808-1887) and Foreign Policy: Spooner's Real Views About Everything, by Joseph R. Stromberg, 8 May 2000 |
Lysander Spooner, Part 1, by Wendy McElroy, Freedom Daily, Oct 2005
"At 25 ... a growing passion for legal theory led him to the law offices of John Davis and Charles Allen ... Three years later, Spooner launched his first attack on an unjust law. ... Spooner’s writings became campaign material for the Liberty Party ... formed in 1840 from the memberships of the American and foreign anti-slavery societies." |
Lysander Spooner, Part 2, by Wendy McElroy, Freedom Daily, Nov 2005
Related Topics: Government, Magna Carta, Right to Trial by Jury
"The right of people to defend themselves against the usurpation of government was the central theme of Spooner’s next major work, An Essay on the Trial by Jury ... Spooner believed that a jury should judge the justice of laws as well as the facts of cases and then base its verdict on either judgment." |
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| The Post Office as a Violation of Constitutional Rights, by Wendy McElroy, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, May 2001 |
No U-Turns, by Jack Dennon, 29 May 2006
Related Topics: Constitution of the United States, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Jay Nock
"Article I, Section 6 ... wrote Spooner, 'makes the legislators constitutionally irresponsible to any body; either to those on whom they exercise their power, or to those who may have, either openly or secretly, attempted or pretended to delegate power to them. ...'" |
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Vices Are Not Crimes: A Vindication of Moral Liberty, Mar 1875
Related Topic: Moral Liberty |
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An Essay on the Trial by Jury, 1852
Related Topic: Right to Trial by Jury
Electronic text scanned and corrected by Lawrence J. Casella |
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The Lysander Spooner Reader
by Lysander Spooner, George H. Smith (Introduction), 1992 |
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The Unconstitutionality of Slavery, 1860
Electronic text scanned and corrected by Lawrence J. Casella |
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