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Spring 2007

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 22, Number 2

Categories: Liberalism | Spring 2007

Classical Liberalism and Freedom of the Press

Leonard P. Liggio, Atlas Economic Research Foundation

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JournalofPrivateEnterprise,SpecialEdition,VolumeXXII,Number2,Spring2007ClassicalLiberalismandFreedomofthePressLeonardP.LiggioGeorgeMasonUniversityHistoriesoftheClassicalLiberaltraditionbeginwiththeStoicphilosophersoftheGreco-Romanworld.GreekpoliticalphilosophyofPlatoandAristotlefocusedonthepolisorGreekcity-statewithitssmallandhomogeneouspopulation.ThisworldendedwithAlexandertheGreaesconquestofthePersianEmpire.Withhisearlydeath,hisgeneralswhowerehissuccessorsfromEgyptandGreecetotheIndusRiverestablishedseveralempireswithlargenewcitiesofmanypopulationsbutwithcommercialGreekasthecommonlanguage.Thepoliswasreplacedbythecosmospolis-theworldcity,orthewholeworldasasinglecountry,cosmopolitan.TheStoicphilosopherstooktheworldcityastheirstartingpoint,thatis,aworldwithoutdistinctionsoffamilyorigins.CivilizedpeoplespokeGreek,butnon-Greekspeakerswereequallypartofmankind.AlthoughpeoplemightspeakGreektheycamefromdifferentcountrieswithdifferentlegalsystems.TheRomans,whowereveryconservativeabouttreasuringtheirarchaiclegalsystem,realizedthatallthemerchantswhocametoRomehadbettercommercialconcepts.TheRomanRepublicsetupaseparatejudgeshipfortheforeignmerchantswhichdrewonallthedifferentcommerciallegalconceptstoformulatethemostefficientandproductivelawmerchant.TheRomansgeneralizedfromthisandfeltthatwhatwascommontovariouslawsystemsindicatedacommonsourceoflaw-anaturallaw.Cicero'slegalwritingsrepresentedthisStoicphilosophyofnaturallaw.ThiswasadoptedbytheChristianphilosophersmakingitthecenterofWesternEuropeanthought,andthefoundationforClassicalLiberalism.F.A.Hayek,1974NobelLaureateinEconomics,isconsideredtheleadingclassicalliberalthinkerofthe20thcentury.HisapproachLeonardP.Liggio191

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Title	Classical Liberalism and Freedom of the Press
Authors/Creators:	Leonard P. Liggio, Atlas Economic Research Foundation
Year:	2007
Volume:	22
Number:	2
Pages:	191 - 219
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Civil liberties, Freedom, Law, Institutional evolution, Freedom of the press

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Liggio, Leonard P. / 2007. "Classical Liberalism and Freedom of the Press." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 22(2): 191-219.