Spooner, Lysander. An Essay on the Trial by Jury. Boston: Bela Marsh, 1852. 224 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-058811. ISBN 1-58477-156-9. Cloth. $70. One of the earliest treatises on the subject. Spooner's powerful argument for reform of the jury system holds that jurors should be drawn by lot from the whole body of citizens, and that they should be judges of law as well as of the fact in question. Spooner [1808-1887] was well known for his controversial arguments on political and legal subjects. Dictionary of American Biography IX:466-467.

An Essay On The Trial By Jury (Civil Liberties in American History Series)

Spooner, Lysander

Da Capo Press

An Essay on the Trial by Jury

An Essay On the Trial by Jury

History

Franklin Classics

Lysander Spooner's discontentment with the Constitution of the United States led him to publish No Treason, which revises significant parts of that document to reduce the power of the state versus individuals.The author was an anti-authoritarian philosopher and legal theorist who had spent his earlier life vigorously campaigning against slavery. Following the American Civil War however, he became horrified at the brutality and carnage that had been unleashed. Redoubling his criticisms, Spooner asserts his dismay that the U.S. government was rendered inert by its Constitution - slavery was only abolished after a long and bloody war, whereas had it been forbade at the outset, no such conflict would have arisen.A strong proponent of natural law - the concept that all humans had rights endowed at the point of their birth - Spooner had a sense of revulsion at how American politics had ensued in the early-to-mid 19th century.

No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority

Americas

lulu.com

Lysander Spooner's discontentment with the Constitution of the United States led him to publish No Treason, which revises significant parts of that document to reduce the power of the state versus individuals. The author was an anti-authoritarian philosopher and legal theorist who had spent his earlier life vigorously campaigning against slavery. Following the American Civil War however, he became horrified at the brutality and carnage that had been unleashed. Redoubling his criticisms, Spooner asserts his dismay that the U.S. government was rendered inert by its Constitution - slavery was only abolished after a long and bloody war, whereas had it been forbade at the outset, no such conflict would have arisen. A strong proponent of natural law - the concept that all humans had rights endowed at the point of their birth - Spooner had a sense of revulsion at how American politics had ensued in the early-to-mid 19th century.

No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority (Hardcover)

The Unconstitutionality of Slavery (Classic Reprint)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

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An Essay on the Trial By Jury (Large Print Edition)

Philosophy

BiblioLife

An Essay on the Trial By Jury

Rules & Procedures

34 works in six volumesSpooner, an intellectual activist and later a philosophical anarchist, was one of 19th century America's most profound minds, producing some of the finest constitutional arguments ever devised against slavery, concerning himself equally with the subtle subjugation of free citizens by a governmental system which he saw become increasingly restrictive of personal rights.   Spooner had a genius for opposing the government.    His protests were not limited to brilliant writings on slavery, the Constitution, the jury system, copyright practices, and the economics of our rapidly industrializing country.   In the mid-1840s Spooner actually forced a reduction in postal rates by setting up his own private mail company in competition with the U.S. Post Office.

Collected Works of Lysander Spooner (34 works/6 volumes)

Shively, Charles

M&S Press

The fiery polemic against the State, and the Constitution, from the individualist anarchist, together with an introduction, annotations and new afterword by James J Martin.

No Treason

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Ralph Myles Pub

Available for the first time in over 140 years, these two "lost" treatises by libertarian legal philosopher Lysander Spooner present his vision for a radically decentralized monetary system rooted in privately issued competitive currencies and free-banking. Once presumed to have been destroyed in a turn-of-the-century fire, these writings contain Spooner's most extensive foray into economic theory and reveal new insights into his distinctive and uncompromising free-market vision.

Two Treatises on Competitive Currency and Banking

Business & Money

Economics

American Institute for Economic Research

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