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PublisherIndependent Institute, T.H.E.

ISBN-101598130447

ISBN-139781598130447

eBay Product ID (ePID)109076193

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Number of Pages416 Pages

Publication NameEnterprise of Law : Justice Without the State

LanguageEnglish

SubjectAdministrative Law & Regulatory Practice, Political Ideologies / Libertarianism, Government / State, Provincial & Municipal, Law Enforcement, General, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Government & Business

Publication Year2011

TypeTextbook

AuthorBruce L. Benson

Subject AreaLaw, Political Science, Business & Economics

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight19.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2011-015435

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"In The Enterprise of Law , Bruce Benson provides us with the most comprehensive treatise on private sector alternatives to government law enforcement available today. Benson systematically addresses all the issues, arguments, and objections surrounding the growing role of market institutions in the legal system. But his book is more than a mere defense of current privatization trends in protective services, corrections, and dispute resolution. The Enterprise of Law questions the seemingly axiomatic proposition that law and order are "necessary functions of government." - CATO Journal, "Benson's book, The Enterprise of Law , promises to do for privately produced law what [Lawrence] White's work did for free banking. Benson has produced a carefully researched and comprehensive introduction to polycentric law. It is sure to stimulate further work in the field. . . . . I suggest Benson's The Enterprise of Law as the best general overview of the field." --Tom W. Bell, law professor, Chapman University, "Benson's book is an important contribution to law and economics literature. He properly emphasizes the role of institutions in shaping incentive and the role of incentives in shaping institutions." --Henry G. Manne, dean emeritus, School of Law, George Mason University, In The Enterprise of Law , Bruce Benson provides us with the most comprehensive treatise on private sector alternatives to government law enforcement available today. Benson systematically addresses all the issues, arguments, and objections surrounding the growing role of market institutions in the legal system. But his book is more than a mere defense of current privatization trends in protective services, corrections, and dispute resolution. The Enterprise of Law questions the seemingly axiomatic proposition that law and order are necessary functions of government." — CATO Journal, "Benson's book is an important contribution to law and economics literature. He properly emphasizes the role of institutions in shaping incentive and the role of incentives in shaping institutions." -Henry G. Manne, dean emeritus, School of Law, George Mason University, "Benson's book, The Enterprise of Law , promises to do for privately produced law what [Lawrence] White's work did for free banking. Benson has produced a carefully researched and comprehensive introduction to polycentric law. It is sure to stimulate further work in the field. . . . . I suggest Benson's The Enterprise of Law as the best general overview of the field." -Tom W. Bell, law professor, Chapman University, "Benson's book is an important contribution to law and economics literature. He properly emphasizes the role of institutions in shaping incentive and the role of incentives in shaping institutions." —Henry G. Manne, dean emeritus, School of Law, George Mason University, "In The Enterprise of Law , Bruce Benson provides us with the most comprehensive treatise on private sector alternatives to government law enforcement available today. Benson systematically addresses all the issues, arguments, and objections surrounding the growing role of market institutions in the legal system. But his book is more than a mere defense of current privatization trends in protective services, corrections, and dispute resolution. The Enterprise of Law questions the seemingly axiomatic proposition that law and order are "necessary functions of government." -- CATO Journal, Benson's book, The Enterprise of Law , promises to do for privately produced law what [Lawrence] White's work did for free banking. Benson has produced a carefully researched and comprehensive introduction to polycentric law. It is sure to stimulate further work in the field. . . . . I suggest Benson's The Enterprise of Law as the best general overview of the field." —Tom W. Bell, law professor, Chapman University

Dewey Decimal343.73/074

SynopsisIn the minds of many, the provision of justice and security has long been linked to the state. To ask whether non-state institutions could deliver those services on their own, without the aid of coercive taxation and a monopoly franchise, runs the risk of being branded as naive anarchism or dangerous radicalism. Defenders of the state's monopoly on lawmaking and law enforcement typically assume that any alternative arrangement would favor the rich at the expense of the poor--or would lead to the collapse of social order and ignite a war. Questioning how well these beliefs hold up to scrutiny, this book offers a powerful rebuttal of the received view of the relationship between law and government. The book argues not only that the state is unnecessary for the establishment and enforcement of law, but also that non-state institutions would fight crime, resolve disputes, and render justice more effectively than the state, based on their stronger incentives., Defenders of the state's monopoly on lawmaking and law enforcement typically assume that any alternative arrangement would favor the rich at the expense of the poor--or would lead to the collapse of social order and ignite a war. Questioning how well these beliefs hold up to scrutiny, this book offers a powerful rebuttal of the received view of the relationship between law and government. The provision of justice and security has long been linked in most people's minds to the exclusive province of government monopolies. However, in this path-breaking book, Benson shows that a system of market-based institutions, rooted in the legal principle of personal accountability under a rule of law in all aspects of criminal justice, have and can deliver those services on their own, without the aid of taxation and a coercive state monopoly on the establishment and enforcement of law. In The Enterprise of Law , Benson offers a powerful rebuttal of the received view of the relationship between law and government. The book brilliantly shows that non-state institutions have and do fight crime, resolve disputes, and render justice more effectively than the state because they have stronger incentives to do so. The book offers a host of landmark findings, and here is just a sampling: The rapid recent growth of private-sector security and conflict resolution continues the effective legacy of private crime control and the common law. Protections for individual rights and private property are not the exclusive purview of government-run legal systems. Privatizing security and dispute-resolution services and contracting out to the private sector, can offer tangible benefits--namely better and more just services at lower costs., In the minds of many, the provision of justice and security has long been linked to the state. This offers a powerful rebuttal of the received view of the relationship between law and government. It argues not only that the state is unnecessary for the establishment and enforcement of law, but also that non-state institutions would fight crime, resolve disputes, and render justice more effectively than the state, based on their stronger incentives.

LC Classification NumberKF382.B46 2011