Madison & Adams presents this meticulously edited collection of Lysander Spooner's political, economics, legal and constitutional works, as well as writings on religion and works on slavery and abolition. Contents: Political Works No Treason, No. I No Treason. No II - The Constitution No Treason. No VI - The Constitution of No Authority Vices are Not Crimes: A Vindication of Moral Liberty No. 1. Revolution Natural Law; or the Science of Justice A Letter to Thomas F. Bayard A Letter to Grov...

Madison & Adams presents this meticulously edited collection of Lysander Spooner's political, economics, legal and constitutional works, as well as writings on religion and works on slavery and abolition. Contents: Political Works No Treason, No. I No Treason. No II - The Constitution No Treason. No VI - The Constitution of No Authority Vices are Not Crimes: A Vindication of Moral Liberty No. 1. Revolution Natural Law; or the Science of Justice A Letter to Thomas F. Bayard A Letter to Grov...

In "A New Banking System," Lysander Spooner presents a groundbreaking exploration of banking reform and monetary policy, framed within a libertarian critique of government involvement in finance. Spooner employs a clear, persuasive literary style that engages the reader while dissecting the flaws of contemporary banking practices of his time. He argues that a decentralized banking system, based on voluntary contracts and free competition, would foster economic stability and prosperity, dra...

In "A Letter to Thomas F. Bayard," Lysander Spooner engages in a profound discourse on the nature of law, government, and individual rights, employing a clear, logical style that reflects his background in legal philosophy and abolitionist thought. Written as a response to the political climate of his time, the letter critiques the moral underpinnings of state authority, asserting that no government has the legitimate right to infringe upon individual liberty. Spooner's arguments are parti...

A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery and To the Non-Slaveholders of the South were two significant anti-slavery pamphlets written by Lysander Spooner.Published in 1858, these works argued passionately against slavery, but with a unique perspective that aimed to reach a specific audience: non-slaveholding white Southerners.Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 — May 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist, entre...

In "A Letter to Grover Cleveland," Lysander Spooner, a pivotal figure in 19th-century American legal and political thought, presents a compelling critique of government power and the erosion of individual liberties. Written during Cleveland's presidency, Spooner's epistolary format blends sharp rhetoric with philosophical inquiry, challenging the status quo of governmental authority and highlighting the moral obligations of public servants. His work reflects the growing tensions of his tim...

In this book Lysander Spooner provides his view on causes of poverty in the USA and gives a legal cure to it. "The existing poverty would be rapidly removed, and future poverty almost entirely prevented, a more equal distribution of property than now exists accomplished, and the aggregate wealth of society greatly increased, if the principles of natural law, and of our national and state constitutions generally, were adhered to by the judiciary in their decisions in regard to contracts."

In "The Unconstitutionality of Slavery," Lysander Spooner presents a compelling legal and philosophical argument challenging the legitimacy of slavery as sanctioned by the U.S. Constitution. Written in 1845, Spooner's work employs a rigorous analytical style, deftly interweaving moral reasoning with constitutional analysis. He asserts that slavery is inherently inconsistent with the foundational principles of liberty and justice enshrined in the Constitution, calling into question the inte...

Lysander Spooner's famous 'An Essay on the Trial by Jury'* Includes a Preface and Introduction to Spooner and his works by author StephenLysander Spooner (1808-1887) was an American political philosopher, staunch abolitionist and pioneering anti-authoritarian whose courage to dispute tyranny and challenge monopoly reverberates to this day.For more than eight hundred years (since Magna Carta, in 1215), there has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law, that jury ...

"No Treason" is a composition of three essays, all written in 1867: No. 1, No. 2: "The Constitution", and No. 6: "The Constitution of no Authority". No essays between No. 2 and No. 6 were ever written or published. A lawyer by training, a strong abolitionist, radical thinker, and anarchist, Spooner wrote these specific pamphlets in order to express his discontent with the state and its legitimizing documents in the United States, the U.S. Constitution. He strongly believed in the idea of n...

"The Unconstitutionality of Slavery" is a book by American abolitionist Lysander Spooner advocating the view that the United States Constitution prohibited slavery. This view was advocated in contrast to that of William Lloyd Garrison who advocated opposing the constitution on the grounds that it supported slavery. In the pamphlet, Spooner shows that none of the state governments of the slave states specifically authorized slavery, that the U.S. Constitution contains several clauses that a...

Spooner, an intellectual activist and later a philosophical anarchist, was one of 19th century America's most profound minds. He produced some of the finest constitutional arguments ever devised against slavery. He was equally concerned with the subtle subjugation of free citizens by a governmental system which he saw becoming increasingly restrictive of personal rights. Spooner had a genius for opposing the government. His protests were not limited to brilliant writings on slavery, the Co...