Chapter 15 - England in the Eighteenth Century

The Podcast Very Different from Ours

Since my last upload, this podcast has reached 500 downloads! Thanks so much to everyone listening in, especially to those of you who've shared it with others, and to the Bayesian Conspiracy having me on to talk about it. Apparently I jinxed myself when I last commented that I'd finally gotten one out on schedule. Next week's should be out on time as it's already fully recorded and partly edited. I will be at the NYC rationalist soltice at Hunter College on Dec 21st and at the rationalist megameetup for the weekend straddling it if anyone wants to chat. Apart from the pirate episode, this has been by far my favorite episode to make, and I'd say that it's the one we have the most to learn from if Iceland hadn't come up five chapters ago. The removal of most of the feud elements makes it rather more modernity-friendly than the unadulterated Icelandic system. I wonder what responses might be heard if you suggested allowing compounding for modern crimes; I also think the impact would be much less than either supporters or opponents expect, since modern law enforcement is concerned almost totally with enforcement against the defendant rather than justice for the victim, and also because much or most of the effort spent on law enforcement today is wasted on drug policy crafted by people with no regard for behavioral economics. This podcast reading of Legal Systems Very Different from Ours is provided with the prior written permission of David Friedman, Peter Leeson and David Skarbek. I am none of those people; I am GSV Bemusement Park, and you can reach me online at [e-mail]. Production Notes can be found in this file’s description. Some sound effects used are courtesy of Finnolia Productions via SoundEffectsPlus.com. The music used is"Semi-Funk", by Kevin McLeod, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution. You can find him at Incompetech.com. Citations and footnotes are omitted for reading clarity but can be found in the text. If you like this podcast or find this material valuable, please support the authors by purchasing this book, which you can find at Amazon.com, and/or reviewing this podcast so that other people can find it. Thanks for listening!