That is the title of this new TV series on C-SPAN, my favorite channel on cable television. In summary, this new series features ten great North American books that have provoked thought among leading public intellectuals, that have led to significant public policy changes in the real world, and that are still talked about today. As it happens, I was invited to contribute to the episode on Oliver Wendell Holmes’s classic tome “The Common Law“. (This episode is scheduled to air for the first time on C-SPAN on Monday night, 16 October, at 9 PM EDT; in the meantime, below is a recording of my contribution.)
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Personally, as a libertarian, prefer common law over civil code. It has the potential for limiting the use of the legislative pen. I’ll take a legal system guided by tradition and case law over codified statutes.
It certainly isn’t above reproach.
An indirect corollary of The Linchpin Framework of Adjudication is that there isn’t an effective mechanism for insuring that judges are faithful to Stare Decisis.
https://beta.briefideas.org/ideas/0a16846bc155f44244027576f1f1c74c
But would also consider Gordon Tullock’s critiques of Common Law. Despite William F. Shughart II inferring that Tullock’s criticisms were half-baked, they are still worth considering.
Because of the hype-politicization of everything, judges now have more perverse incentives to be concerned with political convenience over the text. Plus, interpreting the law can led to other inefficient outcomes.
Click to access tir_23_2_04_shughart.pdf
https://www.mercatus.org/media/46681/download
agreed !!!
common law >>> regulation
I will tune in tomorrow!