As diverse as the papers presented in this volume may seem at first
glance, all of them touch on two characteristic themes of James
Buchanan's work: the respect for individual sovereignty and the
threat of monopoly power on the rights of the individual.
In his foreword, Hartmut Kliemt says, "As opposed to more extreme
and more utopian libertarians, Buchanan] well understands that in
our world it takes a state to defend the individual from the state.
Buchanan, therefore, is not an anarchist but, rather, what may be
called a 'reluctant anarchist' who accepts both that the state is
the greatest threat to individual sovereignty and that without some
statelike monopoly, individual sovereignty cannot be protected."
The twenty-six essays included in "Federalism, Liberty, and the
Law" are grouped into these categories:
1.The Analytics of Federalism
2.Federalism and Freedom
3.Liberty, Man, and the State
4.The Constitution of Markets
5.Economists, Efficiency, and the Law
6.Law, Money, and Crime
The central issue that unites the pieces in this volume is
monopoly power and its control. As a libertarian, Buchanan sees
government as the greatest threat--and also the greatest
protector--of individual liberties.
James M. Buchanan is an eminent economist who won the Alfred Nobel
Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986 and is considered one
of the greatest scholars of liberty in the twentieth century.
The entire series will include:
Volume 1 "The Logical Foundations of Constitutional Liberty"
Volume 2 "Public Principles of Public Debt "
Volume 3 "The Calculus of Consent "
Volume 4 "Public Finance in Democratic Process"
Volume 5 "The Demand and Supply of Public Goods"
Volume 6 "Cost and Choice"
Volume 7 "The Limits of Liberty"
Volume 8 "Democracy in Deficit"
Volume 9 "The Power to Tax"
Volume 10 "The Reason of Rules"
Volume 11 "Politics by Principle, Not Interest"
Volume 12 "Economic Inquiry and Its Logic"
Volume 13 "Politics as Public Choice"
Volume 14 "Debt and Taxes"
Volume 15 "Externalities and Public Expenditure Theory"
Volume 16 "Choice, Contract, and Constitutions"
Volume 17 "Moral Science and Moral Order"
Volume 18 "Federalism, Liberty, and the Law"
Volume 19 "Ideas, Persons, and Events"
Volume 20 "Indexes"
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