The Constitutionality of Peacetime Conscription

The Political Economy of Conscription

The Political Economy of Conscription Though in decline recently, military conscription is still a widely used mode of staffing armies. Since not many valid economic, social or military arguments in favor of the draft can be put forward, the question emerges why societies choose to rely on it. In this survey we explain the political allure of military conscription by its specific intraand inter...

Conflictual Peacetime International Politics

Affirmative answers are given to two questions of international politics: Do the parsimonious postulates of structure theory imply any mode of behavior for states, as claimed by the theory of neorealism? Does a principle of the harmony of interests exist for states, as asserted by idealist theories? Answers emanating from an n-person game theoretic model, which portrays states as security maxim...

Conscription as Regulation

The constitutionality of the Human Life Bill.

The Economics of US Civil War Conscription

US conscription in the Civil War is analyzed. Conscription was designed to gain federal control of enlistments, leaving state and local governments much of the fiscal and administrative responsibility for raising troops. Due to the hiring of substitutes, the payment of a fee to avoid service (commutation), and community-provided funds, only 2% of those who served were conscripted. Theory sugges...