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Rutherford's 1644 disputation argues rulers hold power in trust from communities under God, so laws restraining tyrants need real public enforcement.

Oppenheimer traces the state from conquest through feudal tribute to constitutional rule and argues that ending land monopoly would free labor.

Spooner's 1882 pamphlet holds that justice precedes legislation and binds everyone, then traces dependent wage labor to violent seizure of land.

Patrick Newman traces how American interest groups sought government privileges from 1849 to 1929, and how later appointments decided who benefited.

Newman traces how early American privileges created dependent beneficiaries, and how territorial ambition pulled anti-privilege reformers toward the same coercive tools.

Jevons traces money from coin qualities through warrants and bank clearing to argue for regulated state paper backed by gold deposits.

Rothbard argues government-debt underwriting and bank rescues give financiers motives to shape American foreign policy, from Civil War loans to 1984.