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Source link: http://blog.mises.org/5513/working-paper-on-human-rights/

Working Paper on Human Rights

August 23, 2006 by

Human Rights and the Republican Moment: Insights from the Political Theory of Freedom, by Magdalena Zolkos (University of Alberta)

{ 5 comments }

Paul Edwards August 23, 2006 at 7:03 pm

Although this article is only intended to be a discussion of Human Rights and the Republican Moment, rather than of human rights that are implied from a recognition of Austrian and libertarian property rights, I would think this paper would be more interesting to a mises.org audience if it were presented as a comparison and contrast, or was otherwise presented with Austrian law as a backdrop to the discussion.

As an example of a lacking of libertarian theory, this article contains the word “property” precisely once, and only in a quotation of Constant. It is difficult for this article to draw my interest when it is so blatantly reflects the author’s disinterest in, or unawareness of Austrian and libertarian ethics.

jeffrey August 23, 2006 at 10:10 pm

We ran this by the editorial board, and it was approved based on its discussion of Constant.

TGGP August 24, 2006 at 8:16 am

Austrian law? I thought it was just a school of economic thought.

Alexis August 28, 2006 at 2:10 pm

AS far as I can understasnd from the first reading, this article contains leftwing treatment of “human rights” independently from any theory of individual rights. As can be seen from the summary author rejects libertarian concept of rights and encroaches “democracy” as a supreme value.

Paul Edwards August 28, 2006 at 4:09 pm

TGGP,

Actually, the theme of a symposium held in 2001 at the Mises Institute was titled “Austrian Law and Economics”. The purpose of the meeting was to explore the relationships between law and economics from an Austrian perspective.

http://mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae7_4_1.pdf#search=%22%22Austrian%20law%22%22

Also, Block’s “AUSTRIAN LAW AND ECONOMICS: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ADOLF REINACH AND MURRAY ROTHBARD ON LAW, ECONOMICS, AND PRAXEOLOGY” discusses Austrian Law; Kinsella submitted some references to it here: http://blog.mises.org/archives/003800.asp and there are several other references to it here: in the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics here: http://blog.mises.org/archives/003640.asp .

I think that when ever law is studied from a rigorous praxeological perspective, it may as well be considered Austrian Law.

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