Publications

| RECENT & SELECTED/FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS/SPEECHES | ONLINE ARCHIVES | EDITOR/MODERATOR | LIBERTARIAN THEORY | Rights Theory | Intellectual Property | Against Intellectual Property | Law, Economics, Libertarian Issues | General/Social | Review Essays/Book Reviews | Shorter Pieces/Other | College-era Columns and Letters-to-editor | FICTION/UNPUBLISHED/MISCELLANY | SHORTER/BLOGS/UNPUBLISHED ESSAYS | General/Miscellaneous | Libertarianism: Property, Rights, Aggression | Libertarian Cranks and Nuts | The Corporation | Patents & Intellectual Property | Legal Theory, International Law, Common Law, Private Law | Objectivism/Ayn Rand | Fourteenth Amendment, Constitutionalism, Decentralism, Extreme Federalism | Nuclear, Technology | UNPUBLISHED/DRAFT | LEGAL PUBLICATIONS |

Recent & Forthcoming Publications and Speeches

• “Libertarianism and Intellectual Property,” Mises University 2009 (July 30, 2009)
• “What Libertarianism Is,” [forthcoming August 2009]
• “How to Improve The Patent System,” Libertarian Papers (forthcoming, 2010)
• International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide, Co-Author (with Noah D. Rubins) (Oxford University Press, 2005) (2nd ed. forthcoming 2010)
• Louisiana Civil Law Dictionary ([publisher not determined], 2010) (co-author: Gregory Rome)
• Ethics of Action: Fundamentals of Libertarian Legal Theory (Mises Institute, forthcoming 2010)
• Interview on “Intellectual ‘Property’” (The Lew Rockwell Show podcast, Sept. 23, 2008)
• The Intellectual Property Quagmire, or, The Perils of Libertarian Creationism [PPT, 32 MB; PDF version, 51MB], Rothbard Memorial Lecture, Austrian Scholars Conference 2008 (Audio; Video; Google Video version), Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn AL, March 13, 2008
  

Online Archives

• LewRockwell.com Articles
• Journal of Libertarian Studies Articles
• Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Articles
• Kinsella posts on the Mises Blog
• Kinsella posts on Against Monopoly blog

Editor/Moderator

• Editor and Founder, Libertarian Papers, Jan. 2009-present
• Book Review Editor, Journal of Libertarian Studies, Summer 2000-Winter 2004

Libertarian Theory

Rights Theory

• How We Come To Own Ourselves [property rights in bodies], Mises.org, Sep. 7, 2006 (Mises.org blog discussion)
• Causation and Aggression (co-authored with Patrick Tinsley), The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, vol. 7, no. 4 (winter 2004): 97-112 (based on “Reinach and the Property Libertarians on Causality in the Law,” by N. Stephan Kinsella, presented at Reinach and Rothbard: An International Symposium, Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, March 29-30, 2001)
• Punishment and Proportionality: The Estoppel Approach, 12:1 Journal of Libertarian Studies 51 (Spring 1996).
• Defending Argumentation Ethics: Reply to Murphy & Callahan, Anti-state.com (Sept. 19, 2002) (reply to Bob Murphy and Gene Callahan, Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethic: A Critique, Anti-state.com (Sept. 19, 2002); debate discussed in this forum)
• Inalienability and Punishment: A Reply to George Smith, Winter 1998-99, Journal of Libertarian Studies.
• A Libertarian Theory of Punishment and Rights 30 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 607-45 (1997) [text version, with italics and some formatting missing]
• New Rationalist Directions in Libertarian Rights Theory, 12:2 Journal of Libertarian Studies: 313-26 (Fall 1996) (Dutch version Hebben we rechten? Nieuwe rationalistische richtingen in de Libertarische Rechten Theorie).
• Estoppel: A New Justification for Individual Rights, Reason Papers No. 17 (Fall 1992), p. 61 (evaluation by anonymous reviewer)
• The Undeniable Morality of Capitalism (text version), 25 St. Mary’s Law Journal 1419 (1994) (review essay of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, The Economics and Ethics of Private Property (1993)).
• Book Review (of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, The Economics and Ethics of Private Property (1993)), The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, November 1994.

Intellectual Property

• Against Intellectual Property, Mises Institute (2008)
  • Mises Store
  • PDF version
  • Scribd version
  • Against Intellectual Property, Journal of Libertarian Studies (Spring 2001)
    • Awarded the Mises Institute’s O.P. Alford III Prize for scholarly article published during 2001-2002 that best advances libertarian scholarship, at the eighth Austrian Scholars Conference, March 16, 2002, in Auburn, Alabama
  • Spanish translation; Polish translation; Georgian translation (in Property and Liberty, Vol. III of the Library of Liberty series (New Economic School–Georgia, 2005))
• “The Intellectual Property Quagmire, or, The Perils of Libertarian Creationism” (Powerpoint; PDF version), Austrian Scholars Conference 2008 Rothbard Memorial Lecture (audio; video; Google Video version)
• In Defense of Napster and Against the Second Homesteading Rule, September 4, 2000, LewRockwell.com (Polish translation)
• There’s No Such Thing as a Free Patent, Mises.org, Mar. 7, 2005
• Laserinterview med Stephan Kinsella (Interview/Chat Forum on IP topics), Danish libertarian site, Sept. 15, 2006
• (Minor) Criticisms of Kinsella, by Bob Murphy; and my reply in the comments section
• The Morality of Acquiring and Enforcing Patents, Stephan Kinsella, LewRockwell.com Blog
• Letter to an Anonymous Patent Attorney, Jan. 25, 2002, LewRockwell.com.
• Do patents and copyrights undermine private property?: Yes, Insight magazine, May 21, 2001 (better-formatted version) (reading of and discussion of this piece by hosts at Free Talk Live, 8/31/07 show; audio is here (local copy) [starts around 5:25])
• Letter on Intellectual Property Rights, IOS Journal 5, no. 2 (June 1995), pp. 12-13 (including: David Kelley, “Response to Kinsella,” IOS Journal 5, no. 2 (June 1995), p. 13; and Murray I. Franck, “Intellectual and Personality Property,” IOS Journal 5, no. 3 September 1995), p. 7.
• Is Intellectual Property Legitimate? (local copy), Winter 2000, Federalist Society, based on version previously published in 1 Pennsylvania Bar Association Intellectual Property Newsletter 3 (Winter 1998); Es Legitima la Propiedad Intelectual? (Spanish translation)

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| Discussion/Criticism of Kinsella IP Publications |

Law, Economics, Libertarian Issues

• Tinsley, Patrick, N. Stephan Kinsella and Walter Block. “In Defense of Evidence and Against the Exclusionary Rule: A Libertarian Approach,” Southern University Law Review, Vol. 32.1 (2004), pp. 63-80
• The Greatest Libertarian Books, LewRockwell.com, August 7, 2006
• The Trouble with Libertarian Activism, LewRockwell.com, January 26, 2006
• A Simple Libertarian Argument Against Unrestricted Immigration and Open Borders, LewRockwell.com, September 1, 2005 (plus see followup comment here)
• A Libertarian Defense of Kelo and Limited Federal Power, LewRockwell.com, June 27, 2005 [the takings/fifth amendment/eminent domain case]
• Federalism (with Walter Block), LewRockwell.com, May 25, 2005
• Causation and Aggression (co-authored with Patrick Tinsley), The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, vol. 7, no. 4 (winter 2004): 97-112 (based on “Reinach and the Property Libertarians on Causality in the Law,” by N. Stephan Kinsella, presented at Reinach and Rothbard: An International Symposium, Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, March 29-30, 2001)
• A Libertarian Theory of Contract: Binding Promises, Title Transfer, and Inalienability, Journal of Libertarian Studies 17, no. 2 (Spring 2003): 11-37 [based on paper presented at Law and Economics panel, Austrian Scholars Conference, Auburn, Alabama (April 17, 1999)]; Dutch translation: Een Theorie over Contracten: Bindende Afspraken, Eigendomsoverdracht en Onvervreemdbaarheid, trans. Rene van Wissen, in De Markt voor Vrijheid: 25 jaar Libertarisme in de Lage Landen [The Market for Liberty: 25 years of Libertarianism in the Lowlands [Netherlands plus Belgium]], eds. Stefan van Glabbeek & Aschwin de Wolf, Libertarisch Centrum Nederland [Libertarian Centre Netherlands] (2001)
• Reply to Van Dun: Non-Aggression and Title Transfer, Journal of Libertarian Studies, Volume 18, no. 2 (Spring 2004) (summary of issue; 2)
• What It Means To Be an Anarcho-Capitalist, January 20, 2004, LewRockwell.com; Dutch translation: Wat het betekent om anarcho-kapitalist te zijn, MeerVrijheid.nl (copy on Libertarian.nl), trans. Koen Swinkels; local copy; Spanish translation: Lo que significa ser anarcocapitalista; Polish translation
• In Defense of Evidence: Against the Exclusionary Rule and Against Libertarian Centralism, with Patrick Tinsley, November 1, 2003, LewRockwell.com.
• When Did the Trouble Start?, September 5, 2003, LewRockwell.com.
• Sandefur and Federal Supremacy, July 5, 2003, LewRockwell.com.
• Supreme Confusion, Or, A Libertarian Defense of Affirmative Action, July 4, 2003, LewRockwell.com.
• Of Legal Fictions and Pro-Lincoln Libertarians: Reply to Sandefur, December 31, 2002, LewRockwell.com.
• How I Became A Libertarian, December 18, 2002, LewRockwell.com.
• Fukuyama and Libertarianism, May 6, 2002, LewRockwell.com.
• On Jonah Goldberg’s Youthful Phase, June 27, 2001, LewRockwell.com.
• Knowledge, Calculation, Conflict, and Law (review essay of Randy E. Barnett, The Structure of Liberty), Winter 1999, Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics.
• “The Second Paradox of Blackmail,” Business Ethics Quarterly 10, 3 (July 2000): 593-622 (co-authored with Walter Block and Hans-Hermann Hoppe).
• Economic Calculation Under Socialism, Appendix I to Protecting Foreign Investment Under International Law: Legal Aspects of Political Risk (1997)
• Legislation and the Discovery of Law in a Free Society,” 11 Journal of Libertarian Studies 132 (Summer 1995). (Note: I have since changed my mind on the some of the issues regarding the Hayekian “knowledge problem” and Leoni’s work in this regard, as I have noted in subsequent articles, such as the Knowledge, Calculation, Conflict, and Law review above, footnote 5. Oh, that I had heeded Jeff Herbener’s comments on an earlier manuscript, but I either got these comments too late, or did not fully appreciate them at the time. More information on the calculation debate.)
• The Duty to Defend Advertising Injuries Caused by Junk Faxes: An Analysis of Privacy, Spam, Detection and Blackmail, with Walter Block & Roy Whitehead, 27:4 Whittier Law Review: 925-49 (2006)

General/Social

• Extreme Prefixes, Jan. 15, 2002, LewRockwell.com.
• New Israel: A Win-Win-Win Proposal, October 1, 2001, LewRockwell.com.
• In Defense of Gary Condit, August 31, 2001, LewRockwell.com.
• Let Kids Smoke, July 25, 2000, LewRockwell.com.
• Libertarians & the Religious Right: an Interview with Stephan Kinsella (link to original site), by Alberto Mingardi, Laissez Faire City Times, v. 2.39

Review Essays/Book Reviews

• Eat This Book: Review of Brad Edmonds’s There’s a Government in Your Soup: Why There’s Too Much Government in Your Kitchen, and What You Can Do About It, July 24, 2004, LewRockwell.com
• Knowledge, Calculation, Conflict, and Law (review essay of Randy E. Barnett, The Structure of Liberty), Winter 1999, Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics.
• Book Review of Anthony de Jasay, Against Politics: On Government, Anarchy, and Order, The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Fall 1998): 85-93.
• Taking the Ninth Amendment Seriously: A Review of Calvin R. Massey’s Silent Rights: The Ninth Amendment and the Constitution’s Unenumerated Rights [1995], 24 Hastings Const. L. Q. 757 (1997) [text version] (abstract)
• Book Review of Patrick Burke, No Harm: Ethical Principles for a Free Market (1994), Reason Papers No. 20 (Fall 1995), p. 135.
• Book Review of Rosalyn Higgins, Problems and Process: International Law and How We Use It (1994), Reason Papers No. 20 (Fall 1995), p. 147.
• Book Review (of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, The Economics and Ethics of Private Property (1993)), The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, vol. 44, p. 640 November 1994

Shorter Pieces/Other

• The Ordeal of Hoppe (with Jeffrey Tucker), The Free Market, Volume 25, Number 4, April 2005
• Perspective: Pride and the Nanny State, 46 The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty 194 (April 1996)
• Legislation and Law in a Free Society,” 45 The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty 561 (September 1995)

(Selected) College-era (1987-91) Columns, Letters-to-Editor

• Column: Israel: Victim of Bloodlust in Middle East?, LSU Daily Reveille, June 21, 1988 (Note: written when I was young and in college; I do not now agree with everything in this column, in part because of my move from Randian minarchism to anarcho-capitalism.)
• Minimum Wage Wrong, LSU Daily Reveille, Mar. 23, 1988
• Minimum Wage Completely, Morally Wrong, Letter to the Editor, The Morning Advocate, Aprl 22, 1988
• Column: Movie Review of Roger Rabbit, LSU Daily Reveille, July 28, 1988
• The Cult of Modern Ugliness, The Wonderland Times (underground LSU student newspaper), vol. 1, no. 8, July 24, 1989 (Note: Written in a more Randian “Objectivist” phase.)
• Freedom and Government, The Wonderland Times (underground LSU student newspaper), vol. 1, no. 6, July 5, 1989 (Note: Written in my Randian minarchist phase; nowadays I would agree with Fig. 2, not Fig. 1.)

Fiction/Unpublished/Miscellany

• The Subjectivist’s Lament (short story; draft; 1980s?)

SHORTER PIECES IN BLOGS, SELF-PUBLISHED ESSAYS

General/Miscellaneous

• Kinsella posts on the Mises Blog
• Kinsella posts on Against Monopoly blog

• Repudiate the Iraqi Debt! (Odious Debt doctrine)
• Good and Bad Judicial Activism
• On Former Lefties
• Peculium
• Heroic Google
• “The” Libertarian View on Gay Marriage;
  On Gay Marriage
• Future of Freedom Fund (Mises blog version) (Holdeen trusts & tax free government)
• The Enlightened Bar (Texas Bar Journal affirmative action policy)
• “Doctor” Lawyer?
• A Conservative Argument for Abortion
• WarLibertarians; More on Schulman v. Huebert; Stromberg on Liberventionists
• Cool Footnote Policy (the Green Bag & goulash)
• Nukes and International Law (Legality of Nuclear Weapons)
• Palmer on Hoppe, Coase, and Wealth-Maximization
• Palmer on Patents
• License to Breed? (2) (about Louisiana’s forced heirship law; positive obligations of parents to their children; whether a deadbeat dad ought to be prohibited from having more kids; Buck v. Bell–”three generations of imbeciles are enough”)

Libertarianism: Property, Rights, Aggression

• Hate Crime–Intentional Action and Motivations
• Thoughts on Intellectual Property, Scarcity, Labor-ownership, Metaphors, and Lockean Homesteading
• The Essence of Libertarianism (”better title”, “first possession”, etc.)
• Libertarian Advocates of Aggression (see links in last paragraph–discussions on Chronicles site etc. w/ Scott Richert, Ed Feser, et al. about willingness to admit one favors aggression)
• Toward A Theory of Bullying (my reply to Kirkwood; Karen De Coster’s comment)
• Yet More On Galambos (On engineers’ tendency to be anti-intellectual, cocky brute-force reinvent the wheel types on politics questions); further discussion hereOn the incoherence of “would you push the button” Leonard Read type hypotheticals
• Defend Hoppe (comments)
• Push the Button? (comments);
• Stephan Kinsella Ought To Shut His Stupid Cake Hole; Big Government, Thy Name is Privatization (comments)
• On “trespass” theory used for SPAM etc.: Spyware and Trespass; http://blog.mises.org/archives/004637.asp

Libertarian Cranks and Nuts

• On Libertarian/Right-wing Cranks and Nutjobs

The Corporation

• Legitimizing the Corporation
• In Defense of the Corporation

Patents & Intellectual Property

• Intellectual Property Resources
• The Growing Anti-IP Movement (extensive comment thread)
• Bastiat’s Three Stages of Invention (see my comments, regarding whether patents are monopolies, and the problem with using Rothbard’s copyright idea to protect inventions; etc.)
• Condemning Patents
• French Book on The Economics of Patents and Copyrights (on out current ability to estimate the value of a patent system)
• Patents and Utilitarian Thinking; also: Drug Patents & Welfare
• Copyright and Video Games
• Improving Copyright Law: Baby Steps
• For Blackberry Users Out There… (extensive discussion in comments about patent law and utilitarianism)
• Intellectual Property & Scarcity (recent blog post by Stephen Gordon of Hammer of Truth, discussing my views and those of Volokh; discussion on EconLog about my and Volokh’s IP views)
• Cato Tugs Stray Back Onto Reservation (Cato flap about Doug Bandow opposing free trade in pharmaceuticals)
• Thoughts on Intellectual Property, Scarcity, Labor-ownership, Metaphors, and Lockean Homesteading

Legal Theory, International Law, Common Law, Private Law

• Book Recommendations: Private, International, and Common Law; Legal Theory
  

Objectivism/Ayn Rand

• Objectivism Schism Form Lettter
• Mises and Rand (and Rothbard)
• Objectivism and the Austrians (by Jeff Tucker, w/ replies)
• Randian Hoppe(?), Austrian Rand(?)
• Objectivists on the Bandow/Cato Scandal (see my extensive comments regarding Objectivists on anarchy, aggression, civilization, the silliness of Randians’ “breaking” with each other, etc.); related post: I Break For Randians and discussion on Rule of Reason blog, The Culture: Intolerant Tolerationists?; also Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz are Objectivists!

Fourteenth Amendment, Constitutionalism, Decentralism, Extreme Federalism

• More on Kelo and Federalism (Mises blog)
• Fourteenth Amendment Resources (LRC Bloc)
• Libertarian Centralists
• Barnett and the Fourteenth Amendment
• The Appeal of States
• State and Religion (discussing Congregationalism and established religion in US colonies/13 original states)
• Federalism and Libertarians on Eminent Domain (discussing Congregationalism etc.)
• my “Kelo” article (discussing Congregationalism etc.)

Nuclear, Technology

• Green Nukes
• Nuclear Spring (only a matter of time before environmentalists start advocating nuclear power)
• Nuke Me (on new technology to bury nuclear waste)
• Nuclear Energy Links
• Dam Nukes (safety of nuclear; danger of hydroelectric)
• The Bottomless Well
• Nuclear Spring — Thermal Depolymerization?

Unpublished/Draft Works

• “Natural Law and Positive Law,” ” Self Defense, Punishment, and Proportionality,” and “The Theory of Contracts,” Notes from presentations at the Rothbard Graduate Seminar, July 28–Aug. 2, 2002, Mises Institute, Auburn AL.

Legal Publications

• Available at KinsellaLaw.com