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First published 1882

Natural Law; or the Science of Justice

by Lysander Spooner

Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1882; Online Library of Liberty edition25 pages

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Author
Lysander Spooner
First published
1882
Format
PDF and EPUB
Pages
25
Publisher
Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1882; Online Library of Liberty edition
License
Public domain by publication date.

Lysander Spooner's 1882 treatise arguing that justice is a science discoverable by reason, and that all legislation beyond natural law is a usurpation and a crime. Only this first part appeared, though he planned a much longer work. It states the principles of natural rights and natural liberty that run through the rest of his writing.

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How long is Natural Law; or the Science of Justice?
25 pages, 19 chapters, and about 6,072 words in the edition this archive serves.
Who wrote Natural Law; or the Science of Justice?
Lysander Spooner (1808–1887) was an American individualist anarchist, abolitionist, and legal theorist. This archive holds 15 of Spooner's works.

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19 chapters · 6,072 words · free to read here

  1. Section I.
  2. Section II.
  3. Section III.
  4. Section IV.
  5. Section I.
  6. Section II.
  7. Section III.
  8. Section IV.
  9. Section V.
  10. Section VI.
  11. Section VII.
  12. Section VIII.
  13. Section I.
  14. Section II.
  15. Section III.
  16. Section IV.
  17. About Liberty Fund
  18. The Online Library of Liberty
  19. Copyright Information
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Lysander Spooner 1808–1887

Lysander Spooner (1808–1887) was an American individualist anarchist, abolitionist, and legal theorist. He is known for establishing the American Letter Mail Company to compete with the United States Post Office and for authoring radical… Read more about Lysander Spooner.

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