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1 Introduction to the Jurisprudence of Property and Contract |
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1 | (26) |
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1 | (2) |
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1.2 The Conventional Neglect of the Question of Appropriation |
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3 | (2) |
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5 | (2) |
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1.4 The `Invisible Hand' in the Property System |
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7 | (2) |
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1.5 Normative Theory of Appropriation and Transfers of Property |
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9 | (4) |
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1.5.1 Applying the Juridical Principle of Imputation to All Intentional Human Activities |
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9 | (2) |
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1.5.2 Rights-Based Normative Economics |
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11 | (2) |
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1.6 The Fundamental Theorem for the Property Mechanism |
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13 | (2) |
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1.7 Description of Production in the Employment System |
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15 | (8) |
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1.7.1 The Facts of the Case |
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15 | (4) |
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1.7.2 How Does the Description of Employment Square with the Fundamental Theorem? |
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19 | (4) |
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23 | (4) |
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2 Mathematical Introduction to the Jurisprudence of Property and Contract |
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27 | (36) |
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2.1 From Numbers to Vectors of Numbers |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (4) |
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2.3 The Contractual Mechanism |
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32 | (1) |
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2.4 Analysis of Breaches and Externalities |
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33 | (2) |
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2.5 "Appropriation Is the Boundary of Contract" |
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35 | (1) |
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2.6 Responsible Actions and Factual Transfers |
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36 | (2) |
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2.7 Fundamental Theorem of Property Theory |
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38 | (1) |
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2.8 Intuitive Summary of Basic Ideas: A Water Meter Example |
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38 | (1) |
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2.9 Intuitive Summary of Basic Ideas: Accounting Examples |
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39 | (2) |
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2.10 Application to the Human Rental Firm |
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41 | (4) |
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2.11 Appendix: The Mathematical Development Using General Vectors |
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45 | (16) |
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2.11.1 Node and Arc Assignments |
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45 | (1) |
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2.11.2 Divergence Operator |
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46 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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2.11.4 The Covering Relation |
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47 | (1) |
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2.11.5 The Contractual Mechanism |
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48 | (1) |
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2.11.6 Analysis of Breaches and Externalities |
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49 | (3) |
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2.11.7 An Exchange Example |
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52 | (2) |
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2.11.8 Appropriation Is the Boundary of Contract |
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54 | (1) |
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2.11.9 Responsible Actions and Factual Transfers |
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54 | (2) |
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2.11.10 Fundamental Theorem of Property Theory |
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56 | (1) |
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2.11.11 Application to the Human Rental Firm |
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57 | (2) |
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2.11.12 The Equivalence Between the Two Mathematical Formulations |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (2) |
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3 The Property Fallacy in Capital Theory and Corporate Finance Theory |
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63 | (14) |
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3.1 The Appropriation of Produced Assets and Liabilities |
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63 | (3) |
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3.2 The Property Fallacy in Capital Theory |
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66 | (5) |
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3.3 The Property Fallacy in Corporate Finance Theory |
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71 | (1) |
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3.4 Property Interpretation of the Book-Plus-Profits Formula |
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72 | (1) |
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3.5 Future Whole Products as "Goodwill" |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (12) |
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77 | (1) |
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4.2 The Modeling Error in the Arrow-Debreu Model |
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78 | (1) |
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4.3 Separating Corporations from Firms Utilizing Production Sets |
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79 | (4) |
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4.4 Production as Arbitrage Between Input and Output Markets |
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83 | (1) |
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4.5 Endgames to Defend the AD Model |
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84 | (3) |
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4.5.1 Defining Away the Problem with Owner-Specified Outputs |
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84 | (1) |
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4.5.2 Hidden-Factor Ploys |
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85 | (2) |
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87 | (2) |
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5 Marginal Productivity Theory |
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89 | (30) |
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5.1 What Is the Frame of Discussion? |
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89 | (1) |
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5.2 Heterodox Criticism of MP Theory |
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90 | (2) |
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5.3 Isn't the Distribution of Wealth and Income the `Real' Problem? |
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92 | (3) |
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5.4 The Fork in the Road for the `Labor Theory' |
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95 | (1) |
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5.5 The Question of Appropriation Again |
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96 | (1) |
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5.6 The Pons Asinorum of Property Theory |
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97 | (3) |
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5.7 The Descriptive Question of Appropriation |
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100 | (1) |
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5.8 The Normative Question of Appropriation |
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101 | (1) |
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5.9 The Juridical Principle of Imputation |
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102 | (4) |
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5.10 On the Theory of Marginal Productivity |
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106 | (6) |
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5.10.1 Tne Metaphor: Treating the Productive Services of Things Like the Responsible Actions of Persons |
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106 | (3) |
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5.10.2 The Mistake: No Division of Actual Property Rights to the Product |
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109 | (2) |
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5.10.3 The Miracle: Each Factor's Immaculate Production of Its Marginal Product |
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111 | (1) |
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5.11 Conclusions About MP Theory |
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112 | (2) |
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5.12 Mathematical Appendix on Vectorial MP Theory |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (3) |
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6 Marxism as the Ultimate `Capitalist Tool' |
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119 | (12) |
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119 | (1) |
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6.2 Marx's Labor Theory of Value |
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120 | (2) |
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6.3 Marx and Marxism's Huge Favors for the Human Rental System |
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122 | (6) |
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6.3.1 Huge Favor (1) "Capitalism Is Based on Private Property Rights" |
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122 | (1) |
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6.3.2 Huge Favor (2) "The Basic Question Is: Consent Versus Coercion" |
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123 | (1) |
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6.3.3 Huge Favor (3) "Value Theory Is the Intellectual Battleground to Analyze Capitalism" |
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124 | (1) |
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6.3.4 Huge Favor (4) "Inalienable Rights!? Nonsense on Stilts!" |
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124 | (1) |
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6.3.5 Huge Favor (5) "Democracy Is Only Relevant in The Public Sphere; Capitalist Enterprises Are Private" |
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125 | (2) |
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6.3.6 Huge Favor (6) Marxism as the Leftwing Ideology of One-Party Autocracy |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (3) |
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7 The Logical Fallacy in Cost-Benefit Analysis and Law & Economics |
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131 | (10) |
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131 | (2) |
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7.2 The Same-Yardstick Fallacy and Definitional Statements |
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133 | (1) |
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7.3 An Example of the Fallacy in the Law & Economics Literature |
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134 | (2) |
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7.4 The Analysis with a Non-Involved Numeraire |
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136 | (3) |
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139 | (2) |
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8 Jurisprudence and the Corporate Governance Debate |
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141 | (12) |
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141 | (1) |
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8.2 Two Types of Rights: Property Rights and Personal Rights |
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142 | (1) |
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8.3 Corporations and Cooperatives |
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143 | (2) |
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8.4 Stakeholder Governance |
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145 | (2) |
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8.5 What About Shareholder Democracy? |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (2) |
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9 Invalidity of Personhood Alienation Contracts |
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153 | (24) |
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9.1 Introduction to Rights-Based Normative Economics |
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153 | (1) |
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9.2 Examples of Injustice as Non-Correspondence |
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154 | (1) |
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9.3 Example 1: The Coverture Marriage Contract |
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155 | (2) |
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9.4 Example 2: The Voluntary Slavery or Perpetual Servitude Contract |
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157 | (3) |
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9.5 Example 3: Pactum Subjectionis |
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160 | (2) |
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9.6 De Facto Inalienability |
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162 | (2) |
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9.7 Employment Contract as the Human Rental Contract |
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164 | (1) |
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9.8 Example 4: The Human Rental Contract |
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165 | (3) |
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9.9 Frank Knight as an `Exceptional' Classical Liberal Thinker |
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168 | (2) |
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9.10 Classical Liberal Jurisprudence and the Abolition of Certain Voluntary Contracts |
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170 | (2) |
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9.11 The Democratic Alternative |
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172 | (1) |
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9.12 Concluding Remarks on the Inalienability of Responsible Agency |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (2) |
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10 Concluding Remarks About Jurisprudence and Neoclassical Economics |
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177 | (6) |
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10.1 What Is Really Wrong Descriptively? |
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177 | (2) |
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10.2 What Is Really Wrong Normatively? |
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179 | (3) |
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182 | (1) |
Index |
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