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Law of necessity (volcanic lava edition)
The magnificent Tyler Cowen — over at Marginal Revolution — poses the following question: Is it legal to build a diversion barrier against Hawaiian lava flow? The ancient doctrine Necessitas non habet legem provides the most likely answer. County of Hawaii media image of … Continue reading
“The possibility of a general theory of emergency”
That is the subtitle of this fascinating paper — the full title of the paper is “Exception and Necessity: The Possibility of a General Theory of Emergency” — written by our colleague William Vazquez-Irizarry, a law professor at the University of Puerto Rico. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Law, Philosophy
Tagged John Rawls, Necessity, Ronald Coase, State of Exception
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