An Anarcho-Individualistic Remark on Natural Law: Lysander Spooner and His Theory of Law

Muzaffer Dülger

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An Anarcho-Individualistic Remark on Natural Law: Lysander Spooner and His Theory of Law

Yazarlar:

Muzaffer Dülger

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Environmental Law

Dergi:

İstanbul Hukuk Mecmuası Vol.81 Issue 2, pp.507-529

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

2/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001304487

pISSN:

2636-7734

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 Lysander Spooner 1808-1887 is an important but oft-neglected figure of 19th-century American political philosophy. He was a lawyer, entrepreneur, and political essayist. Ideologically, he was an individualist anarchist, abolitionist, and an exponent of the labor movement and free market. He was also a natural law theorist who developed forceful arguments on behalf of an individualistic conception of natural law philosophy and private property rights in opposition to authoritarian governments, state-interventionism, legislative and taxative activities, and all forms of paternalism, whether moral, legal, or political. Thus, he stood generally between the two main philosophical positions of natural law philosophy and of a radically individualistic type of anarchism. As a result of his unique philosophical character, he became a highly influential figure among contemporary libertarians and anarcho-capitalists, and his books and pamphlets have also served as rather convenient sources for understanding and analyzing the libertarian legal theory, as well as its outcomes and claims regarding contemporary legal matters. However, he neither wrote any systematic treatise nor try to develop any systematic philosophy. Although he did write various works on law, he was unable to gather his views within a systematic work. This studys purpose is to generally disclose Spooners conception of law through some of his legal views dispersed among his various book chapters and pamphlets and to reveal this conceptualizations connection to natural law philosophy by concentrating on his thoughts regarding certain fundamental legal concepts such as justice, constitution, right, property, and crime. Specifically, this work will concentrate on discussing Spooners naturalistic answer to the question of what is law and will address in connection with this answer the true meanings of crime and property he held in his mind.

 Lysander Spooner 1808-1887 is an important but oft-neglected figure of 19th-century American political philosophy. He was a lawyer, entrepreneur, and political essayist. Ideologically, he was an individualist anarchist, abolitionist, and an exponent of the labor movement and free market. He was also a natural law theorist who developed forceful arguments on behalf of an individualistic conception of natural law philosophy and private property rights in opposition to authoritarian governments, state-interventionism, legislative and taxative activities, and all forms of paternalism, whether moral, legal, or political. Thus, he stood generally between the two main philosophical positions of natural law philosophy and of a radically individualistic type of anarchism. As a result of his unique philosophical character, he became a highly influential figure among contemporary libertarians and anarcho-capitalists, and his books and pamphlets have also served as rather convenient sources for understanding and analyzing the libertarian legal theory, as well as its outcomes and claims regarding contemporary legal matters. However, he neither wrote any systematic treatise nor try to develop any systematic philosophy. Although he did write various works on law, he was unable to gather his views within a systematic work. This studys purpose is to generally disclose Spooners conception of law through some of his legal views dispersed among his various book chapters and pamphlets and to reveal this conceptualizations connection to natural law philosophy by concentrating on his thoughts regarding certain fundamental legal concepts such as justice, constitution, right, property, and crime. Specifically, this work will concentrate on discussing Spooners naturalistic answer to the question of what is law and will address in connection with this answer the true meanings of crime and property he held in his mind.

 Lysander Spooner 1808-1887 is an important but oft-neglected figure of 19th-century American political philosophy. He was a lawyer, entrepreneur, and political essayist. Ideologically, he was an individualist anarchist, abolitionist, and an exponent of the labor movement and free market. He was also a natural law theorist who developed forceful arguments on behalf of an individualistic conception of natural law philosophy and private property rights in opposition to authoritarian governments, state-interventionism, legislative and taxative activities, and all forms of paternalism, whether moral, legal, or political. Thus, he stood generally between the two main philosophical positions of natural law philosophy and of a radically individualistic type of anarchism. As a result of his unique philosophical character, he became a highly influential figure among contemporary libertarians and anarcho-capitalists, and his books and pamphlets have also served as rather convenient sources for understanding and analyzing the libertarian legal theory, as well as its outcomes and claims regarding contemporary legal matters. However, he neither wrote any systematic treatise nor try to develop any systematic philosophy. Although he did write various works on law, he was unable to gather his views within a systematic work. This studys purpose is to generally disclose Spooners conception of law through some of his legal views dispersed among his various book chapters and pamphlets and to reveal this conceptualizations connection to natural law philosophy by concentrating on his thoughts regarding certain fundamental legal concepts such as justice, constitution, right, property, and crime. Specifically, this work will concentrate on discussing Spooners naturalistic answer to the question of what is law and will address in connection with this answer the true meanings of crime and property he held in his mind.

 Lysander Spooner 1808-1887 19. yüzyıl Amerikan siyaset felsefesinin önemli fakat sıklıkla ihmal edilmiş bir figürüdür. Bir hukukçu, girişimci ve politik deneme yazarıdır. İdeolojik olarak ise bireyci bir anarşist, kölecilik karşıtı ve emek hareketi ile serbest piyasa destekçisidir. Ayrıca otoriter hükümetler, devlet müdahaleciliği, yasa koyucu ve vergilendirici faaliyetler ve ahlaki, hukuki ya da politik her tür paternalizme karşı doğal hukuk felsefesinin bireyci bir kavranışı yönünde ve özel mülkiyet hakları lehine güçlü argümanlar geliştirmiş bir doğal hukuk teorisyenidir. Dolayısıyla o genel olarak iki ana felsefi konum arasında kendisine pozisyon edinir; doğal hukuk felsefesi ve radikal derecede bireyci bir anarşizm. İşte bu özgün felsefi karakterinden ötürü o çağdaş liberteryenler ve anarko-kapitalistler üzerinde oldukça etkileyici bir figür haline gelmiş olup, kitap ve broşürleri de liberteryen hukuk teorisini ve onun güncel hukuki meseleler hakkındaki çıktı ve savlarını anlayıp analiz edebilmek için oldukça elverişli kaynaklar halini almıştır. Fakat o ne bir sistematik çalışma kaleme almış ne de sistematik bir felsefe geliştirmeye çabalamıştır. Hukuk üzerine çeşitli eserler kaleme almış olmakla beraber, görüşlerini sistematik bir çalışma içerisinde bir araya getirememiştir. Bu çalışmada amaç, çeşitli kitap bölümleri ve broşürleri arasında dağılmış vaziyetteki hukuki görüşleri vasıtası ile, onun hukuk kavramını genel olarak açıklığa kavuşturmak ve bu kavrayışın doğal hukuk felsefesine bağlılığını, adalet, anayasa, hak, mülkiyet ve suç gibi bazı temel hukuki kavramlar üzerine düşüncelerine yoğunlaşmak suretiyle ortaya koymaktır. Spesifik olarak ise, bu çalışma ile Spoonerin hukuk nedir? sorusuna verdiği doğal hukukçu cevabı tartışmaya yoğunlaşılacak ve bu cevapla bağlantılı bir biçimde suç ve mülkiyetin onun zihnindeki uygun telakki edilen manasını ele alacağız.

Makale detayları

An Anarcho-Individualistic Remark on Natural Law: Lysander Spooner and His Theory of Law

Yazarlar:

Muzaffer Dülger

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Environmental Law

Dergi:

İstanbul Hukuk Mecmuası Vol.81 Issue 2, pp.507-529

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

2/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001304487

pISSN:

2636-7734

Lysander Spooner

Natural Law

Anarchism

Individualism

LibertarianismLysander Spooner

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Anarşizm

Bireycilik

Liberteryenizm

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Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Muzaffer Dülger

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Environmental Law

Dergi: İstanbul Hukuk Mecmuası Vol.81 Issue 2, pp.507-529

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 2/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001304487

pISSN: 2636-7734

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Muzaffer Dülger

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Environmental Law

Dergi:

İstanbul Hukuk Mecmuası Vol.81 Issue 2, pp.507-529

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

2/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001304487

pISSN:

2636-7734