Law & Regulation

To begin with ancient history, here is a very rough timeline of early civil law: 7000-9000 years ago Cities like Gware (in southern Jordan) and Jericho (15 miles NE of Jerusalem) exist without much...See more

#boogabego [posted elsewhere] To give historical perspective, the archaeological record shows that, in males, 30-60% of deaths involved blunt or sharp force trauma (for men, violence was the cause of death in one of every 3 male deaths in perhaps all of human history). What...See more

A blurb today regarding section 1078 of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act made me remember this: There is a case--I believe in the New York Supreme Court (O'Reilly v. Mitchell; 1914)--where a guy tried to sue an elected politician for failing to keep campaign promises. The court decided that you can't sue elected politicians for lying on the campaign trail. #minds #groups #law #politics #freedom

A 19th century case of regulation gone amuk starts with Munn v. Illinois (1877), where the Supreme Court decided that states should get to enforce price controls on railroad rates (and on grain storage). What was going on back then was that certain towns relied 100% on a railroad...See more