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First published 1895

Law in a Free State

by Wordsworth Donisthorpe

London: Macmillan and Co., 1895; Online Library of Liberty edition149 pages

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Author
Wordsworth Donisthorpe
First published
1895
Format
PDF and EPUB
Pages
149
Publisher
London: Macmillan and Co., 1895; Online Library of Liberty edition
License
Public domain by publication date.

Essays of 1895 by the English individualist Wordsworth Donisthorpe on what he called the hardest nuts to crack, meaning the cases that test a pure theory of liberty. He takes up libel, cruelty to animals, copyright, adulteration of food, and the relation of the sexes, asking in each what law a free state could consistently enforce.

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14 chapters · 90,634 words · free to read here

  1. PREFACE
  2. CHAPTER I: duties of the state
  3. CHAPTER II: the limits of liberty
  4. CHAPTER III: the rights of majorities
  5. CHAPTER IV: adulteration
  6. THE ADULTERATION BILL
  7. CHAPTER V: education and instruction
  8. CHAPTER VI: marriage
  9. CHAPTER VII: status of children
  10. CHAPTER VIII: the future of labour
  11. CHAPTER IX: the woes of a politician
  12. About Liberty Fund
  13. The Online Library of Liberty
  14. Copyright Information

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