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  • Early Greek Lawgivers (A book by John Lewis, available for purchase from the Ayn Rand Bookstore)
  • “Giants of Law” (An audio course by Thomas A. Bowden, available for purchase from the Ayn Rand Bookstore)
  • “Aristotle and the Constitution of the Athenians” (An audio course by John Lewis, available for purchase from the Ayn Rand Bookstore)
  • “The Rationality of the Common Law” (An audio course by Arline Mann, available for purchase from the Ayn Rand Bookstore)
  • Solon the Thinker (A book by John Lewis, available for purchase from the Ayn Rand Bookstore)
  • “Plato’s Laws” (An audio course by Robert Mayhew, available for purchase from the Ayn Rand Bookstore)
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    • A free society is one where the government does not interfere (by penalty or reward) in thought, production or trade. A free society requires a separation of:

    • Church and State
    • Science and State
    • Education and State
    • Economics and State
    • Limited Government in Action:
    • Police
    • Foreign Policy and Military
    • Courts
    • Improper Functions
    • Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness in Action:
    • Man’s Nature
    • Egoism
    • Man’s Life as the Standard of Value
    • Freedom of Speech in Action:
    • Foundations of Free Speech
    • Censorship
    • Free Speech and Property Rights
    • Political Speech
    • Commercial Speech
    • Foreign Threats to Free Speech
    • Objective Laws in Action:
    • Philosophy of Law
    • Function of Law
    • Constitutional Law and Interpretation
    • Legal History
    • Preventive Law
    • Property Rights in Action:
    • Relation of Philosophy to Law
    • Wealth Creation
    • Intellectual Property
    • Land Use and Eminent Domain
    • Sanctity of Contract
    • The “Right of Privacy”
    • Antitrust and Trade Regulation
    • “Public Property”
    • Taxation
    • Individual Rights in Action:
    • Right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
    • Right to Property
    • Right to Free Speech
    • Separation of Economics and State in Action:
    • Free Banking and the Abolition of the FED
    • Ending Social Security
    • Free Market Health Care
    • Free Competition and the Abolition of Antitrust
    • The End of “Too Big to Fail”
    • Liberating Energy Markets
    • Separation of Education and State in Action:
    • Rational Education
    • Scholarships
    • Multiculturalism
    • Tax Credits
    • Rights of Parents and Children
    • Separation of Church and State in Action:
    • Abortion and Birth Control
    • Right to Die
    • Religion and Free Speech
    • Religion and Science
    • Separation of Science and State in Action:
    • The Politicization of Science
    • Scientific Discoveries and Individual Rights
    • NASA and the Space Program
    • On the Moral Responsibilities of Scientists

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