Legalize Blackmail

A lifetime of Professor Walter Block’s scholarly articles that explore the nooks and crannies of blackmail from legal, philosophical, and moral perspectives, all through a libertarian lens.

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Legalize Blackmail collects a lifetime of Professor Walter Block’s scholarly articles about blackmail in which he examines the legal and economic underpinnings of blackmail, traces its historical roots, and presents a libertarian framework for thinking about blackmail and its place in the law. Along the way, he confronts the theories of blackmail put forward by many other distinguished scholars, including Richard Posner, Robert Nozick, and Richard Epstein.

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Author

Walter Block

Publication Date

6/26/2025