Economic Liberty Publications
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The Institute for Justice produces original research and its legal experts write reports to inform public policy debates on economic liberty. Printed versions of many of these publications are also available in our online store
Strategic Research
Studies on Barriers to Entrepreneurship
Power of One Entrepreneur Studies
| Studies of the impacts current and past IJ clients have had on their communities |
| The Power of One Entrepreneur - Kim Powers Bridges By Michael Burgin July 2010 |
| The Power of One Entrepreneur - Thane Hayhurst By Paul K. Harral July 2010 |
| The Power of One Entrepreneur - Hector Ricketts By Robert Heisler July 2010 |
| The Power of One Entrepreneur - Dennis Ballen By Booker Stallworth July 2010 |
| The Power of One Entrepreneur - Melony Armstrong By Dick M. Carpenter II and John K. Ross October 2009 |
Legal and Policy Studies
| Reports and commentaries on legal and policy issues by IJ legal experts |
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Food-Truck Freedom: How to Build Better Food-Truck Laws in Your City |
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Seven Myths and Realities about Food Trucks: Why the Facts Support Food-Truck Freedom |
| The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom Produced by the Center for the American Experiment By Robert A. Levy September 2009 |
| A Dream Deferred: Legal Barriers to African Hairbraiding Nationwide By Valerie Bayham December 2005 |
| Slaughter-House Cases |
Scholarly, Law Review and Policy Articles
| Articles by IJ legal and policy experts |
| Blooming Nonsense: Do Claims About the Consumer Benefit of Licensure Withstand Empirical Scrutiny? Dick M. Carpenter II Regulation, Vol. 34, No. 1, Spring 2011 |
| Regulation Through Titling Laws: A Case Study of Occupational Regulation Dick M. Carpenter II Regulation and Governance, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2008 |
| Designing Cartels Through Censorship Dick M. Carpenter and John K. Ross Regulation, Summer 2008 |
| One Test, Two Standards: The One-and-Off Role of "Plausibility" in Rational Basis Review Clark Neily Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy, Volume 4, Number 1, Winter 2006 |
| No Such Thing: Litigating Under the Rational Basis Test Clark Neily NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Volume 1, Number 2, 2005 |
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