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The Enterprise of Law: Justice Without the State

Bruce L. Benson · Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy · 1990

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Bruce L. Benson

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DisputedBenson argued that medieval merchant law (lex mercatoria) developed largely through private, customary institutions rather than state legislation.TheoryMarket anarchists argue that law, security and dispute resolution can be provided without a territorial monopoly on force.