Word: libertarianism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...radical capitalism is how Friedman describes his book. Friedman is not advocating state capitalism with business and government exchanging favors in the same bed. Nor does he favor welfare state mixed capitalism or the conservative capitalism of his father. Rather he proposes the capitalism of a consistently free, radical libertarian society...
Died. Harry Kalven Jr., 60, University of Chicago law professor who, with Colleague Hans Zeisel, wrote The American Jury, a definitive and laudatory tome on the U.S. jury system; of an apparent heart attack; at home in Chicago. An ardent civil libertarian, Kalven frequently argued First Amendment cases, including Entertainer Lenny Bruce's 1963 obscenity appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court; contemptuous of censorship, he regarded obscenity laws as "foolish and trivial." A projected major work on legal theories underlying freedom of speech was half completed when he was stricken...
Apparently, the drafters of the bill placed priority on a civil libertarian principle--not on the possible ill-effects the rider will have on university administrators' daily routines and good-will...
Whatever the administrative inconveniences the Buckley bill creates for college registrars, they say, whatever the disruption of the traditional recommendation-writing system it causes, there still is an overriding necessity to extend right-to-know legislation to higher education. The "bureaucratic hassles" pale next to the civil libertarian principle at stake, they...
...doubtful if Robinson can match that feat with his present players. But given his reputation, he may manage some surprises. Win or lose, he intends to remain a stubborn, combative athlete; he feels no urge to play the role of ball-park civil libertarian. "The only reason I'm the first black manager," he says, "is because I was born black...