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Occupational Hazards
Source: Reason Foundation
Author: Walter Olson
Country: United States

The dangers of running a business in today's legal climate. Why "sued if you do, sued if you don't" is the new rule in employment law.

Revoking the Government's License to Kill: The case for abolishing sovereign immunity laws
Source: International Society for Individual Liberty
Author: Jarrett Wollstein
Country: United States
E-mail: isil@isil.org

Sovereign immunity is the legal doctrine that the government and its agents cannot be legally prosecuted for harm done in the line of duty. This ISIL pamplet argues that sovereign immunity has no place in a free society.

Our Unconstitutional Congress
Source: Liberty Journal/Cato Institute
Author: Stephen Moore
Country: United States

Today's big government programs are inherently unconstitutional.

Taxation by litigation threatens every American business
Source: Mackinac Center
Author: Lawrence W. Reed
Country: United States

A good read on one of America's new favorite pastimes: abusing the legal system. Examples given include Dow Corning Corp. and the trendy lawsuits against gun manufacturers. Main focus is on the Clinton Administration going after the tobacco companies. (5/99)

The Swiss cantonal system: a model democracy
Source: International Society for Individual Liberty
Author: Frances Kendall
Country: Switzerland

"[W]e examine the 'Swiss model' of government -- a highly-decentralized system which ... has served the ethnically diverse people of that country well for over 700 years. The rest of the world could learn from the example set in this mountain country and adopt similar systems of citizen-based government."

Globalization and the law
Source: A World Connected/IHS
Author: Michael T Morley
Country: United States

"International law has ... developed ... to govern not only transnational interactions in an ever-increasing array of areas, but certain aspects of the relationship between a nation and its own citizens .... [T]his 'internationalization' of the law is not without its critics; it has been argued that such developments undermine national sovereignty [and] self-determination ..." (1/04)

The Swiss cantonal system: a model democracy
Source: International Society for Individual Liberty
Author: Frances Kendall
Country: Switzerland

ISIL pamphlet examines the "Swiss model," a highly decentralized system of government that is in place in Switzerland. The concepts of devolution of power, local autonomy, and participatory democracy have produced the world's most peaceful and prosperous country.

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