Human shields, missiles, negative homesteading and libertarianism

Walter E. Block

doi:10.19195/2084-4093.25.1.1

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2019)

Human shields, missiles, negative homesteading and libertarianism

Walter E. Block

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2215-4791

https://doi.org/10.19195/2084-4093.25.1.1

Pages: 9 - 22

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Abstract

Human shields, missiles, negative homesteading and libertarianism

When a bad guy throws one innocent person against another, or uses one as a body shield so as to facilitate murdering the other, or is in the process of bashing in the heads of two such people, what are the rights and responsibilities of each of these latter two victimized parties vis a vis each other? The concept of negative homesteading is introduced in an attempt to shed light on these legal puzzles.

Keywords:

human shields, missiles, negative homesteading, libertarianism, self-defense, trolley

Published

13-05-2019