This book considers the three Ps of liberty: pragmatism, pluralism, and polycentricity. These concepts enrich the complex tradition of classical liberal jurisprudence, providing workable solutions based on the decentralization, diffusion, and dispersal of power.

Defines and describes pluralism, pragmatism, and polycentricity and their importance to liberty Explains and evaluates Vannatta's arguments about pragmatism and conservatism with an eye toward animating a pragmatic conservative tradition within libertarianism Explores Jeffrey Rosen's depiction of Justice Brandeis as a Jeffersonian prophet, the leader of a Jeffersonian tradition, and the Jewish Jefferson to examine the meaning of the term libertarian in the context of American constitutional jurisprudence

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Allen Mendenhall is associate dean at Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, USA, and executive director of the Blackstone & Burke Center for Law & Liberty, USA.

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This book considers the three Ps of liberty: pragmatism, pluralism, and polycentricity. These concepts enrich the complex tradition of classical liberal jurisprudence, providing workable solutions based on the decentralization, diffusion, and dispersal of power.

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Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Jefferson's Laws of Nature.- Chapter 3. From Natural Law to Natural Inferiority.- Chapter 4. Seasteading and Polycentric Law.- Chapter 5. Justice Holmes and Pragmatic Pluralism.- Chapter 6. Pragmatic Conservatism.- Chapter 7. Dissenting Opinions Within the Pragmatic Common Law Tradition.- Chapter 8. Justice Brandeis as Jeffersonian Jurist.- Chapter 9. Justice Holmes and Natural Law.