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The Law and Politics
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Law_151-200.indd 37 10/27/09 8:08 AM THE LAW AND POLITICS Law_151-200.indd 38 10/27/09 8:08 AM This series of lectures under the general heading "The Law as Individual Claim" was given at the Freedom School Phrontistery in Colorado Springs, Colorado, December 2-6, 1963. The Phrontistery (after the Greek word for "a place for thinking") was an experimental six-month program that ran from November 1963 through April 1964. It offered eighteen selected students the opportunity for intensive individual study on questions of human liberty. It was intended to develop material for a curriculum for a proposed Ramparts College liberal arts program. Eleven distinguished scholars gave lectures at various times throughout the period. In addition to Dr. Leoni, the lecturers included: Drs. G. Warren Nutter, Roger]. Williams, Arthur A. Ekirch, Milton Friedman, Sylvester Petro, Ludwig von Mises, Oscar W. Cooley, James]. Martin, F. A. Harper, and Gordon Tullock. A version of the first chapter appeared in 1964 in a slightly different form in Archives for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy , Hermann Luchterhand Verlag, Berlin, Germany. Chapter 3 was based largely on two earlier articles: "The Economic Approach to Politics," Il Politico, Vol. 26, No. 3, 1961, pp. 491-502; and "The Meaning of 'Political' in Political Decisions," Political Studies, Vol. 5, No. 3, October 1957, pp. 225-239. Chapter 4 was based on "Political Decisions and Majority Rule," Il Politico, Vol. 25, No. 4, 1960, pp. 724-733. These lectures were not originally footnoted. Notes have been added for this edition. ...