Law

Daily Bell Interview: on Libertarian Legal Theory, Self-Ownership and Drug Laws

My second interview with The Daily Bell just came out. It’s fairly informal but lengthy and complements the earlier one, and has a bit fewer links and adopts a more colloquial tone. It seems to be getting very positive feedback on Facebook etc. FYI. The recent and older one are linked below. The interview shows how […]

KOL134 | This Week in Law 267: Eleemosynary, My Dear Watson

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 134. [Update: Transcript is here, and appended below.] This is my appearance as a Guest panelist on This Week in Law, Episode 267 (July 18, 2014).  Brief description: “Are patent trolls losing ground? Dish Anywhere in the Aereo aftermath, FCC gets 1 million comments on U.S. net neutrality debate and more!” Once again, the hosts […]

New Russian law bans citizens’ personal data being held on foreign servers

RT | July 5, 2014 All internet companies collecting personal information from Russian citizens are obliged to store that data inside the country, according to a new law. Its supporters cite security reasons, while opponents see it as an infringement of freedoms. The law, passed Friday by the State Duma, the lower chamber of the […]

New Russian law bans citizens’ personal data being held on foreign servers

RT | July 5, 2014 All internet companies collecting personal information from Russian citizens are obliged to store that data inside the country, according to a new law. Its supporters cite security reasons, while opponents see it as an infringement of freedoms. The law, passed Friday by the State Duma, the lower chamber of the […]

Battlefield USA: American police ‘excessively militarized’ – ACLU study

RT | June 24, 2014 Inheriting both the weapons and the mindset of the US military, police are becoming militarized and ‘hyper aggressive’ in their approach to maintaining security on the streets of America. A new study calls on police not to treat people as ‘wartime enemies’. The tragic story of Jose Guerena, 26, who […]

Battlefield USA: American police ‘excessively militarized’ – ACLU study

RT | June 24, 2014 Inheriting both the weapons and the mindset of the US military, police are becoming militarized and ‘hyper aggressive’ in their approach to maintaining security on the streets of America. A new study calls on police not to treat people as ‘wartime enemies’. The tragic story of Jose Guerena, 26, who […]