Bargaining with the State / / Richard A. Epstein.

Bargaining with the State examines the threats to liberty that arise through the power of government selectively to distribute benefits and favors to its citizens. For Richard Epstein, the preservation of individual liberty against government contractual power advances not only the short-term intere...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [1995]
©1993
Year of Publication:1995
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (338 p.) :; 2 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part One: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS: THE PROBLEM OF COERCION
  • CHAPTER 1. Givings and Takings
  • CHAPTER 2. The Plan of Action
  • CHAPTER 3. Baselines
  • CHAPTER 4. Coercion, Force, and Consent
  • CHAPTER 5. Competition, Monopoly, and Necessity
  • CHAPTER 6. Forced Exchanges and Just Compensation
  • CHAPTER 7. Maximizing Social Surplus
  • Part Two: GOVERNMENT RELATIONS WITHIN A FEDERAL SYSTEM
  • CHAPTER 8. State Incorporation Powers
  • CHAPTER 9. Discriminatory Taxation
  • CHAPTER 10. The United States v. the States
  • Part Three: ECONOMIC LIBERTIES AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
  • CHAPTER 11. Public Roads and Highways
  • CHAPTER 12. Land Use Restrictions and the Police Power
  • CHAPTER 13. Licenses and Permits
  • CHAPTER 14. Labor and Employment Contracts
  • Part Four: POSITIVE RIGHTS IN THE WELFARE STATE
  • CHAPTER 15. Tax Exemptions
  • CHAPTER 16. Unemployment Benefits
  • CHAPTER 17. Welfare Benefits
  • CHAPTER 18. Educational Benefits
  • Table of Cases
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index