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Law and Civil Liberties: Studies

“Crime, Police, and Root Causes,”

By William A. Niskanen. Policy Analysis No. 218. November 14, 1994.

“An Antidote to Federal Red Ink: Term Limits,”

By Stephen Moore and Aaron Steelman. Briefing Paper No. 21. November 3, 1994.

“Federal Ecosystem Management: A “Train Wreck” in the Making,”

By Allan K. Fitzsimmons. Policy Analysis No. 217. October 26, 1994.

“Kids, Guns, and the Commerce Clause: Is the Court Ready for Constitutional Government?,”

By Glenn Harlan Reynolds. Policy Analysis No. 216. October 10, 1994.

“Prison Blues: How America’s Foolish Sentencing Policies Endanger Public Safety,”

By David B. Kopel. Policy Analysis No. 208. May 17, 1994.

“Wasting Resources to Reduce Waste: Recycling in New Jersey,”

By Grant W. Schaumburg Jr. and Katherine T. Doyle. Policy Analysis No. 202. January 26, 1994.

“Taken to the Cleaners: A Case Study of the Overregulation of American Small Business,”

By Jonathan H. Adler. Policy Analysis No. 200. December 22, 1993.

“NAFTA’s Green Accords: Sound and Fury Signifying Little,”

By Jerry Taylor. Policy Analysis No. 198. November 17, 1993.

“Are Quality Circles Illegal? Global Competition Meets the New Deal,”

By Charles W. Baird. Briefing Paper No. 18. February 10, 1993.

“The Davis-Bacon Act: Let’s Bring Jim Crow to an End,”

By David E. Bernstein. Briefing Paper No. 17. January 18, 1993.

“Equal Protection for Economic Liberty: Is the Court Ready?,”

By David E. Bernstein. Policy Analysis No. 181. October 5, 1992.

“A Society of Suspects: The War on Drugs and Civil Liberties,”

By Steven Wisotsky. Policy Analysis No. 180. October 2, 1992.

“American Forfeiture Law: Property Owners Meet the Prosecutor,”

By Terrance G. Reed. Policy Analysis No. 179. September 29, 1992.

“Will the Gentlemen Please Yield?—A Defense of the Constitutionality of State-Imposed Term Limitations,”

By Neil Gorsuch and Michael Guzman. Policy Analysis No. 178. September 24, 1992.

“The Permissible Uses of Forced Union Dues: From Hanson to Beck,”

By Charles W. Baird. Policy Analysis No. 174. July 24, 1992.

“The Myth of Predatory Pricing,”

By Thomas J. DiLorenzo. Policy Analysis No. 169. February 28, 1992.

“Why Political Scientists Oppose Term Limits,”

By Mark P. Petracca. Briefing Paper No. 14. February 18, 1992.

“The Americans with Disabilities Act: Time for Amendments,”

By Robert P. O'Quinn. Policy Analysis No. 158. August 9, 1991.

“Alcohol Prohibition Was a Failure,”

By Mark Thornton. Policy Analysis No. 157. July 17, 1991.

“The Drug War vs. Land Reform in Peru,”

By Melanie S. Tammen. Policy Analysis No. 156. July 10, 1991.

“Judging the 1991 Reform Effort: Do U.S. Banks Have a Future?,”

By Catherine England. Policy Analysis No. 149. February 12, 1991.

“Term Limitation: An Idea Whose Time Has Come,”

By John H. Fund. Policy Analysis No. 141. October 30, 1990.

“Ending the Free Airplane Rides of Infants: A Myopic Method of Saving Lives,”

By Richard B. McKenzie and Dwight R. Lee. Briefing Paper No. 11. August 30, 1990.

“Market Squabbles: SEC v. CFTC,”

By Charles M. Seeger. Briefing Paper No. 10. June 13, 1990.

“JTPA: Another Federal Training Fraud,”

By James Bovard. Policy Analysis No. 131. March 27, 1990.

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