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Natural Regulation: Peer Pressure, Gossip, Accountability", "url": "https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=5411", "published_at": "2019-06-20T13:00:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc5c-cd91-7157-ad6c-dc1bc2602778", "title": "56. Natural Regulation: Worth, Social Hormones, Conscience", "url": "https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=5324", "published_at": "2019-04-29T12:00:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc5e-0a78-72be-be15-b570e3ceeace", "title": "55. Natural Regulation: No Hierarchy, No Religion", "url": "https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=5302", "published_at": "2019-02-22T13:00:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc5f-342e-7249-9acd-87aad2249b34", "title": "54. Bands: Family, Equality, and Liberty", "url": "https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=5286", "published_at": "2019-01-15T13:00:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc60-5704-7076-993d-9d1c5fe6019e", "title": "53. Language, Narrative, and Culture", "url": "https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=5278", "published_at": "2018-12-10T11:00:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc61-81a8-7125-b656-71c57a718b48", "title": "52. Loyalty, Intimacy, and Bonding", "url": "https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=5272", "published_at": "2018-11-12T20:56:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc62-9b81-7107-b1c8-dba37ddd3064", "title": "51. Cooperation and Trust", "url": "https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=5269", "published_at": "2018-06-17T15:32:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc63-b82d-7312-8d63-21ea18a05e1f", "title": "50. The State of Nature", "url": "https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=5262", "published_at": "2018-06-08T14:34:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc64-d1ad-70cb-9120-0f67d1abbd0c", "title": "A Brief History of Government", "url": "https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=6080", "published_at": "2018-06-05T19:55:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc65-e6a4-70ae-b665-3e0e6910beb4", "title": "49. The American Mind", "url": "https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=5255", "published_at": "2018-06-04T09:00:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc66-fec0-73f6-af3e-b26b9daf2b25", "title": "48. Ideas: Ponet, Grotius, Hobbes, and Locke", "url": "https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=5235", "published_at": "2018-01-29T12:00:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc6a-5c2b-7193-92d0-eac81bf17555", "title": "47. Moving On", "url": "https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=5215", "published_at": "2017-12-28T07:24:49+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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I wrote another paper.original ↗

7 May 2026

2025

139. Athens, 850 B.C.original ↗

28 Jul 2025

138. A Dark Age original ↗

2 Jun 2025

27 May 2025

2024

137. Death of a Civilization original ↗

24 May 2024

136. The State’s Story original ↗

18 Feb 2024

135. Social Order original ↗

8 Feb 2024

134. The High Life original ↗

29 Jan 2024

133. Fight the Patriarchy original ↗

22 Jan 2024

2023

132. Bronze Age Athens original ↗

20 Nov 2023

131. Athenian Segue original ↗

16 Sept 2023

130. It Gets Worse original ↗

1 Sept 2023

129. Complications Continue original ↗

31 Aug 2023

128. Inventing God and Law: Law’s Complications original ↗

16 Jul 2023

127. Inventing God and Law: Another Accident original ↗

10 Jul 2023

126. Inventing God and Law: Get It in Writing original ↗

4 Jul 2023

125. Inventing God and Law: The Flip Side of Faith original ↗

22 Jun 2023

124. Inventing God and Law: A Funny Thing About Faith original ↗

18 Jun 2023

A Quick Recap original ↗

16 Jun 2023

123. Inventing God and Law: You Gotta Have Faith original ↗

12 Jun 2023

122. Inventing God and Law: The Rhetoric of Monotheism original ↗

6 Jun 2023

121. Inventing God and Law: Deadly Monolatry original ↗

29 May 2023

120. Inventing God and Law: Inventing Scripture original ↗

23 May 2023

James Wilson: Foundations of a Founder original ↗

30 Apr 2023

119. Inventing God and Law: Theocracy original ↗

14 Apr 2023

Let’s Have a Seder!original ↗

1 Apr 2023

118. Inventing God and Law: A New Identity original ↗

27 Mar 2023

117. Inventing God and Law: Humility Is Hard original ↗

6 Mar 2023

116. Inventing God and Law: God Is Dead original ↗

26 Feb 2023

115. Inventing God and Law: Yahweh. Only Yahweh.original ↗

22 Feb 2023

114. Inventing God and Law: Pious Frauds original ↗

17 Feb 2023

113. Inventing God and Law: Josiah original ↗

9 Feb 2023

112. Inventing God and Law: Religious Reform original ↗

3 Feb 2023

111. Inventing God and Law: Israel Destroyed. Now What?original ↗

31 Jan 2023

110. Inventing God and Law: That Old-Time Religion original ↗

19 Jan 2023

109. Inventing God and Law: Yahweh Is.original ↗

18 Jan 2023

108. Inventing God and Law: Yahweh Takes Over original ↗

17 Jan 2023

107. Inventing God and Law: Yahweh in the Bronze Age original ↗

16 Jan 2023

106. Learning from the Law Codes: Jews in Exile original ↗

4 Jan 2023

2022

105. Hammurabi Ruins Everything original ↗

27 Dec 2022

104. What Law Codes Were For original ↗

19 Dec 2022

103. Ancient Law Codes Weren’t Really Laws original ↗

16 Dec 2022

102. What Next?original ↗

19 Oct 2022

101. Egypt: The First Territorial State original ↗

17 Sept 2022

100. Delegation and Dynasties: Ensuring the State’s Survival original ↗

12 Sept 2022

99. Justice and Taxes: Legitimizing a Territorial Monarchy original ↗

30 Aug 2022

98. Hor-Aha: Establishing a Territorial Monarchy original ↗

16 Aug 2022

97. Ex Pluribus Unum: Egypt Unites original ↗

8 Aug 2022

96. Egypt Needs Leaders, Gods, and Cities… FAST!original ↗

27 Jun 2022

(Spoiler) Roe v. Wade: How We Got to This Point original ↗

5 May 2022

95. The Land of Egypt original ↗

15 Apr 2022

94. Prerequisites for Territorial State Formation original ↗

24 Mar 2022

93. What Ruling a Territory Requires original ↗

23 Mar 2022

92. The Trouble with Territory original ↗

14 Mar 2022

91. Civilizations Without Borders original ↗

9 Mar 2022

90. Honoring Elites: Chinayë’s Story original ↗

24 Jan 2022

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89. Inequality: Elites and Wealth original ↗

15 Nov 2021

88. Inequality: Hierarchy Becomes Class original ↗

2 Nov 2021

87. Inequality: Power Stays in the Family original ↗

25 Oct 2021

86. Institutions of Justice original ↗

8 Oct 2021

85. “Law” Codes original ↗

4 Oct 2021

84. Why States?original ↗

27 Sept 2021

83. Prerequisites for State Formation original ↗

22 Sept 2021

82. What IS a State?original ↗

18 Sept 2021

81. Inventing the State original ↗

15 Sept 2021

80. Religion = Government. Government = Religion original ↗

13 Sept 2021

79. Inventing Religion: From Shrines to Temples original ↗

2 Sept 2021

78. Inventing Religion: Divination and Administration original ↗

31 Aug 2021

77. Inventing Religion: Priests, Feasts, and Sacrifice original ↗

10 Aug 2021

76. Inventing the Gods original ↗

2 Aug 2021

75. Foundations: Hierarchy and Patriarchy original ↗

9 Jun 2021

74. Sacrifice: Rent-Seeking and Freeloading original ↗

28 May 2021

73. Sacrifice: Loyalty and Bonding through Belief original ↗

27 May 2021

72. Sacrifice: Team Effort and Prestige original ↗

26 May 2021

71. Sacrifice: Social Bonding original ↗

25 May 2021

70. Ritual original ↗

19 Apr 2021

2020

69. The Institution Revolution: Gods and Government original ↗

14 Aug 2020

68. Population Problems: Social Breakdown, War, Crime, and Disease original ↗

11 Jun 2020

67. Tribal Justice: Judgment and Enforcement original ↗

17 Apr 2020

66. Tribal Justice: Self-Help, Group Identity, and Balance original ↗

1 Apr 2020

65. Regulation: Villages and Chiefs original ↗

30 Mar 2020

64. Ancestors and Marriage, Sacrifice and Piety original ↗

10 Mar 2020

63. Leaders: Dignity, Virtue, Reverence original ↗

19 Feb 2020

62. Kinship: Tribe and Clan original ↗

3 Feb 2020

61. Kinship: The Narrative of Lineage original ↗

22 Jan 2020

60. Agriculture: New Norms, New Permanence original ↗

16 Jan 2020

59. Violence and War in the State of Nature original ↗

1 Jan 2020

2019

58. Natural Regulation: Norms and Justice original ↗

13 Dec 2019

57. Natural Regulation: Peer Pressure, Gossip, Accountability original ↗

20 Jun 2019

56. Natural Regulation: Worth, Social Hormones, Conscience original ↗

29 Apr 2019

55. Natural Regulation: No Hierarchy, No Religion original ↗

22 Feb 2019

54. Bands: Family, Equality, and Liberty original ↗

15 Jan 2019

2018

53. Language, Narrative, and Culture original ↗

10 Dec 2018

52. Loyalty, Intimacy, and Bonding original ↗

12 Nov 2018

51. Cooperation and Trust original ↗

17 Jun 2018

50. The State of Nature original ↗

8 Jun 2018

A Brief History of Government original ↗

5 Jun 2018

49. The American Mind original ↗

4 Jun 2018

48. Ideas: Ponet, Grotius, Hobbes, and Locke original ↗

29 Jan 2018

2017

47. Moving On original ↗

28 Dec 2017