Anarcho-Capitalism and the Germanic Folklaw Ep. 97

by Patrick Macfarlane | Oct 24, 2018

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In part two of our series on the Germanic Folklaw, I discuss how oaths and affirmations gave rise to formal legal language, how the Germanic Folklaw relates to anarcho-capitalism, and begin to touch on Christianity’s role in subsuming criminal law to the state.

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Show Notes:

“Law and Revolution: the Formation of the Western Legal Tradition” By: Harold J. Berman (Amazon Affiliate Link)

Non-State Justice Systems: A Primer Ep. 36 The Liberty Weekly Podcast

The Real Magna Carta Ep. 58 The Liberty Weekly Podcast

Drums of the Deep Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Patrick MacFarlane is the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute where he advocates a noninterventionist foreign policy. He is a Wisconsin attorney in private practice. He is the host of the Vital Dissent at www.vitaldissent.com, where he seeks to oppose calamitous escalation in US foreign policy by exposing establishment narratives with well-researched documentary content and insightful guest interviews. His work has appeared on antiwar.com, GlobalResearch.ca, and Zerohedge. He may be reached at patrick.macfarlane@libertyweekly.net

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