Kinsella On Liberty

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 018. This is lecture 1 (of 6) of my 2011 Mises Academy course “Libertarian Legal Theory: Property, Conflict, and Society.” The remaining lectures follow in subsequent podcast episodes. Video, Transcript and Slides below. For the Mid-Term Test and Final Exam given during the course, see "Libertarian Legal Theory: Property, Conflict, and Society": Mid-Term Test and Final Exam (Mises Academy 2011). [Update: Lecture 5b, Q&A (KOL022b), has just been added] This lecture's topic is "Libertarian Basics: Rights and Law," and discusses: Legal Theory and Austrian Economics Scarcity and Property Rights Rights as property rights The Nature of rights the Is-Ought Problem Argumentation Ethics and Estoppel Universalizability Essence of Libertarianism Self-ownership Homesteading Lockean proviso Labor ownership and mixing Anarcho-libertarianism For slides for all six lectures, plus extensive hyperlinked suggested reading material, see this Libert