What Makes Civil Government Legitimate?
A discussion of the main points of Kerry Baldwin’s article on law and order and the question of the legitimacy of civil governance. John Locke’s three requirements for legitimate civil governance are shown to be not reasons for a limited state, but rather reasons for stateless (non-monopolistic) civil governance.
| 00:00 | Introduction |
| 00:32 | Episode description Anarchism, Minarchism, and Legitimacy in Civil Governance, by Kerry Baldwin Video Version |
| 01:15 | Article preface |
| 02:08 | Summary overview of article |
| 03:53 | Locke’s first requirement: third party impartial arbiters of disputes |
| 07:52 | Law Without (State) Government explanation |
| 08:10 | Locke’s second requirement: settled and known law |
| 10:14 | Three Felonies A Day by Harry Silverglate |
| 11:02 | Law Merchant |
| 12:28 | Locke’s third requirement: effective enforcement and defense |
| 16:18 | Not-So-Wild “Wild” West and book |
