Walter Block e a chantagem

O austro-libertarian académico que escreveu o livro Defending the Undefendable (pdf), fazendo a defesa de

I. Sexual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

1. The Prostitute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

2. The Pimp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

3. The Male Chauvinist Pig . . . . . . . . . . . .13

II. Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

4. The Drug Pusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

5. The Drug Addict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

III. Free Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

6. The Blackmailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

7. The Slanderer and Libeler . . . . . . . . . . . .47

8. The Denier of Academic Freedom . . . . .51

9. The Advertiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

10. The Person Who Yells “Fire!” in a

Crowded Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

IV. Outlaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

11. The Gypsy Cab Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

12. The Ticket Scalper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

13. The Dishonest Cop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

V. Financial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

14. The (Nongovernment) Counterfeiter . .99

15. The Miser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

16. The Inheritor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

17. The Moneylender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

18. The Noncontributor to Charity . . . . . .129

VI. Business and Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

19. The Curmudgeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

20. The Slumlord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

21. The Ghetto Merchant . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

22. The Speculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

23. The Importer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

24. The Middleman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

25. The Profiteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

VII. Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

26. The Stripminer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

27. The Litterer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

28. The Wastemakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

VIII. Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

29. The Fat Capitalist-Pig Employer . . . . .223

30. The Scab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

31. The Rate Buster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

32. The Employer of Child Labor . . . . . . .243

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253

Via o próprio , reuniu as referências de tudo o que escreveu sobre assunto: I am quoted in the New Yorker magazine on David Letterman and his blackmail case:

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2009/10/19/091019ta_talk_widdicombe

If you want to see my publications on blackmail, here they are:

Block, Walter. 2009. “Reply to Matt Mortellaro on “Block’s Paradox”: causation, responsibility, libertarian law, entrapment, threats and blackmail,” Libertarian Papers; http://libertarianpapers.org/2009/block-33-reply-to-matt-mortellaro-on-blocks-paradox/

Block, Walter, Stephan Kinsella and Roy Whitehead. 2006. “The duty to defend advertising injuries caused by junk faxes: an analysis of privacy, spam, detection and blackmail.” Whittier Law Review, Vol., 27, No. 4, pp. 925-949

Block, Walter. 2005. “Liberdade de Experssao, Discurso, Libelo, Difamacao, Chantagem, Incitamento.” Cultura Do Trabalho, vol. 9; ed., Lars Knorr. Porto Alegre, Brasil: Instituto de Estudos Empresariais

Block, Walter. 2002-2003. “Berman on Blackmail: Taking Motives Fervently,” Florida State University Business Review, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 57-114; http://www.law.fsu.edu/current_students/organizations/businessreview/vol3/block.pdf

Block, Walter. 2002. “Blackmail,” in Levenson, David, ed., Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers, 2002, pp. 118-120.

Block, Walter. 2001. “The Logic of the Argument in Behalf of Legalizing Blackmail,” Bracton Law Journal, Vol. 33, pp. 56-80; http://www.walterblock.com/publications/legalizing_blackmail.pdf

Block, Walter and Gary Anderson. 2001. “Blackmail, Extortion and Exchange,” New York Law School Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 3-4, pp. 541-561; http://www.walterblock.com/publications/blackmail_extortion_exchange.pdf

Block, Walter. 2001. “Toward a Libertarian Theory of Blackmail,” Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 15, No. 2, Winter, pp. 55-88; http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/15_2/15_2_2.pdf

Block, Walter. 2000. “Blackmail is Private Justice,” University of British Columbia Law Review, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 11-37

Block, Walter. 2000. “Reply to Wexler: Libertarianism, Blackmail and Decency,” University of British Columbia Law Review, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 49-53; http://www.walterblock.com/publications/reply_to_wexler.pdf

Block, Walter. 2000. “Threats, Blackmail, Extortion and Robbery And Other Bad Things,” University of Tulsa Law Journal, Vol. 35, No. 2, Winter, pp. 333-351; http://141.164.133.3/faculty/Block/Blockarticles/threatsblackmailextortionandrobbery.htm

Block, Walter. Stephan Kinsella and Hans-Hermann Hoppe. 2000. “The Second Paradox of Blackmail,” Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 3, July, pp. 593-622; http://www.walterblock.com/publications/second_paradox.pdf; http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=149&hid=116&sid=781cb0b0-a517-47c5-9874-ee43ba5138d5%40sessionmgr3

Block, Walter. 2000. “The Legalization of Blackmail: A Reply to Professor Gordon,” Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 1182 1223; http://141.164.133.3/faculty/Block/Blockarticles/legalizationofblackmail.htm

Block, Walter. 1999. “Blackmailing for Mutual Good: A Reply to Russell Hardin,” Vermont Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, Fall, pp. 121-141; http://141.164.133.3/faculty/Block/Blockarticles/blackmailingformutualgood.htm

Block, Walter. 1999. “The Crime of Blackmail: A Libertarian Critique,” Criminal Justice Ethics, Vol. 18, No. 2, Summer/Fall, pp. 3-10; http://141.164.133.3/faculty/Block/Blockarticles/crimeofblackmail.htm;
http://www.walterblock.com/publications/crimeofblackmail.htm

Block, Walter. 1999. “Replies to Levin and Kipnis on Blackmail,” Criminal Justice Ethics, Vol. 18, No. 2, Summer/Fall, pp. 23-28; http://www.walterblock.com/publications/levin_kipnis.pdf;

Block, Walter. 1999. “Blackmail and Economic Analysis: Reply to Ginsburg and Shechtman,” Thomas Jefferson Law Review, Vol. 21, No. 2, October, pp. 165-192

Block, Walter and Robert W. McGee. 1999. “Blackmail as a Victimless Crime,” Bracton Law Journal, Vol. 31, pp. 24-48; http://141.164.133.3/faculty/Block/Blockarticles/blackmailvictimlesscrime.htm

Block, Walter and Robert W. McGee. 1999. “Blackmail from A to Z: A Reply to Joseph Isenbergh’s ‘Blackmail from A to C,’” Mercer Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 2, winter, pp. 569-601; http://www.walterblock.com/publications/blackmail_a_to_z.pdf

Block, Walter and Christopher E. Kent. 1999. “Blackmail,” Magill’s Legal Guide, Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, p. 109.

Block, Walter. 1998. “A Libertarian Theory of Blackmail: Reply to Leo Katz’s ‘Blackmail and Other Forms of Arm-Twisting,’” Irish Jurist, Vol. XXXIII, pp. 280-310; http://www.walterblock.com/publications/libertarian_theory.pdf

Block, Walter. 1997. “The Case for De-Criminalizing Blackmail: A Reply to Lindgren and Campbell,” Western State University Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 2, spring, pp. 225-246; http://141.164.133.3/faculty/Block/Blockarticles/blackmail.htm;
http://www.walterblock.com/publications/decrim_blackmail.pdf

Block, Walter. 1986. “Trading Money for Silence,” University of Hawaii Law Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring, pp. 57-73; reprinted as Block, Walter. 1987. “Trading Money for Silence?” Economic Imperialism: The Economic Approach Applied Outside the Traditional Areas of Economics, Peter Bernholz and Gerard Radnitzky, eds., New York: Paragon House, pp. 157-218; http://141.164.133.3/faculty/Block/Blockarticles/tradingmoneyforsilence.htm

Block, Walter and David Gordon. 1985. “Blackmail, Extortion and Free Speech: A Reply to Posner, Epstein, Nozick and Lindgren,” Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, November, pp. 37-54; http://141.164.133.3/faculty/Block/Blockarticles/blackmail.htm

Block, Walter. 1973. “The Blackmailer as Hero: A Reply.” The Libertarian Forum. March, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 3-4; http://www.mises.org/journals/lf/1973/1973_03.pdf

Block, Walter. 1972. “The Blackmailer as Hero.” The Libertarian Forum. December, Vol. 4, No. 10, pp. 3-4; http://www.mises.org/journals/lf/1972/1972_12.pdf