science fiction

August 31, 2021

Tanstaafl

What do a libertarian society and its laws look like? Thoughts on Robert Heinlein’s The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Continue reading

Legal philosophy, Literature, Political philosophy

adjudication, constitutionalism, Heinlein, natural law, positive law, science fiction
November 21, 2012

In Memoriam, Boris Strugatsky

Boris Strugatsky died on Monday in Saint-Petersburg, aged 79. The Guardian has an obituary which conveys something of his and his brother Arkady’s importance to Russian culture. The Strugatsky brothers are―are, since the books remain―among my favourite writers. I want to say something about them here. I have sometimes mentioned science-fiction on this blog, especially Continue reading

Literature, Political philosophy

intervention, science fiction, Strugatsky
April 22, 2012

A Person Yoda Is?

In today’s Legal Theory Lexicon entry on “Persons and Personhood”, Larry Solum suggests that if an intelligent alien species were to arrive on Earth … [and] the members of the aliens displayed evidence of human-like intelligence and could communicate with us (e.g. were able to master a human natural language, such as English), then we might Continue reading

Legal philosophy

aliens, person, personhood, science fiction, Yoda