ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

AUTHORS HAVE MANY people to whom they owe thanks: families, friends, colleagues, teachers, editors, and copyeditors. We owe thanks to all of these. We also owe thanks to the trustees, donors, and advisors of the Institute for Political Economy, a nonprofit research institute that made this book possible.

We wish to express our appreciation to the Independent Institute for its help in bringing this book to the attention of jurists and legal scholars. The Independent Institute (www.independent.org), located at 100 Swan Way, Oakland, CA 94621 (510-632-1366), is a nonprofit research and educational organization that supports independent research. With 130 affiliated research fellows, books, conferences, and a quarterly journal, the Independent Institute clarifies public issues and advances the frontiers of knowledge.

P.C.R. L.M.S.