Nineteenth-Century lawyer, abolitionist,
entrepreneur, legal theorist and political radical.

This web site explores the life, history, scholarship, and influence of Lysander Spooner: one of the most provocative, eclectic and prolific American legal writers of the Nineteenth Century.

Spooner Project News:
Thanks to a generous donor, Spooner's grave will receive perpetual care.

We still seek a $1000 tax-deductible donation to mark his birthplace.

Donate today and receive a hand-made nail from his birthplace and other premiums.



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Created by Randy E. Barnett
Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory
Georgetown University Law Center