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# The Samurai, the Mountie and the Cowboy 

September 1992 • Published By Prometheus 

By [David B. Kopel](https://www.cato.org/people/david-kopel) 

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##### About the Author 

David Kopel, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, is research director at the Independence Institute and adjunct professor of advanced constitutional law at Denver University, Sturm College of Law.