November 17, 2011 8:19AM # David Friedman at Cato By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) --- SHARE ![Media Name: d_friedman2.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/d_friedman.jpg?itok=iPsOL2bW) David Friedman, the author of *Hidden Order*, *Law’s Order*, and *Future Imperfect,* will [speak at the Cato Institute](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=8657) on Tuesday, November 29, at noon. His topic will be “The Market for Law.” Is there a market for good law? Without the state providing law, could it be offered by multiple, private, and competing agencies? David Friedman, professor of law at Santa Clara University, explored this idea in his classic 1973 book, *The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism*. But in the years since, he’s revised and strengthened some of his theories. In this talk, he will offer these new ideas from the last 30 years of thinking about the market for law. David Friedman is always interesting and provocative. [Register now](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=8657)! And note: because of our ongoing expansion project, this event will be held one block east of Cato at the Undercroft Auditorium, 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Read more about [David Friedman](http://www.libertarianism.org/people/david-d-friedman) at Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org. ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).