• Law without Government: Principles / Conflict Resolution in a Free Society (3 video)

    10 years ago

    part 1: Law without Government: Principles

    Part One of a series of films exploring a society

    where there is law and order, but no government.

    This part introduces the definitions of law and government, illustrating the concepts using a simple desert-island scenario.

    part 2: Law without Government: Conflict Resolution in a Free Society

    This is part 2 of my video series exploring a society

    where law is provided not by government, but by competing voluntary institutions.

    In this part, Alice is mugged, and her protection agency identifies Bill as the mugger. But Bill protests his innocence. Things start to get interesting when Bill’s protection agency stands by him.

    How will the two protection agencies resolve this conflict?

    part 3: Law without Government: The Bargaining Mechanism

    The third part of my video series

    exploring a world with law but without a compulsory monopoly provider of it.

    This part looks at a conflict between protection agencies about principles, namely a disagreement about whether the death penalty is a suitable punishment for murderers. It explains how, in a system of competing providers of security and law, consumer preferences for justice are reflected in the policies, decisions and agreements of the protection agencies.

    This part is heavily inspired by David Friedman’s The Machinery of Freedom, chapter 29 “Police, Courts, and Laws – on the Market”.

     

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    Transcript: http://managainstthestate.blogspot.co…

    Part 1 (Principles): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khRkBE…
    Part 2 (Conflict Resolution): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kPyrq…
    Part 3 (The Bargaining Mechanism): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qmMpg…

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    Transcript: http://managainstthestate.blogspot.co…

    Part 1 (Principles): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khRkBE…
    Part 2 (Conflict Resolution): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kPyrq…
    Part 3 (The Bargaining Mechanism): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qmMpg…

    Here is a blog response to one of the comments made below: http://managainstthestate.blogspot.co…

    ▶ Law without Government: Conflict Resolution in a Free Society – YouTube.