What is “the rule of law”? On what basis do we institute laws and why should we obey them? Are laws for the protection of unalienable rights, and if so, how do we derive our knowledge of those rights? Are governments necessary for the enforcement of the laws? Join us this week on The Corbett Report as we go in search of natural law.
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Documentation
| Afghanistan: Ten Years of Illegal Occupation |
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00:52 |
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| Re: Arnie Gundersen. Thank you to all those who contacted Fairewinds. I am now in the process of setting up an interview with Arnie so there is no need to contact them at this point. |
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03:11 |
| Reason, Freedom, and the Rule of Law: Their Significance in Western Thought (Article) |
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09:55 |
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ClarionReview.org |
| Reason, Freedom, and the Rule of Law: Their Significance in Western Thought (Audio) |
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10:16 |
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ThomasCenter.org |
| Aaron Russo on retroactive changes to tax laws |
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26:30 |
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| IRS commissioner hires a tax preparer because the laws are so complicated |
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27:56 |
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| GE doesn’t pay taxes (so why do you?) |
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28:26 |
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| Geithner doesn’t pay taxes (so why do you?) |
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29:34 |
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| Introduction to Natural Law (text) |
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32:58 |
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LewRockwell.com |
| Introduction to Natural Law (audio) |
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33:22 |
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Mises.org |
| “The Natural Law Tradition in Ethics” at Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
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37:55 |
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Stanford.edu |
Natural Law Roots of the Social Contract Tradition – Lecture by Ian Shapiro
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26:20 |
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AcademicEarth.org |
| A Private Law Society – Lecture by Hans-Hermann Hoppe) |
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58:59 |
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YouTube |
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