The Limits of Liberty: Between Anarchy and Leviathan

by James M. Buchanan

Book Overview

"The Limits of Liberty is concerned mainly with two topics. One is an attempt to construct a new contractarian theory of the state, and the other deals with its legitimate limits. The latter is a matter of great practical importance and is of no small significance from the standpoint of political philosophy."-Scott Gordon, Journal of Political Economy

James Buchanan offers a strikingly innovative approach to a pervasive problem...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226078205
• ISBN13: 9780226078205
• Release Date: February 1977
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5