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Would there ever be a proper role for "appellate"-level courts (hopefully, NOT including e.g. Hillary Rodham (Clinton) as a Justice! [ but cf. p. 107 & note 19]), in a Rothbardian society, or would ALL judicial "rulings or decisions," ONLY be binding on the parties, immediately before the Court?

Thomas Ricciotti I'm assuming that a large private corporation that offers binding dispute arbitration would have too many judges to keep proper track of the competenc…moreI'm assuming that a large private corporation that offers binding dispute arbitration would have too many judges to keep proper track of the competence of all of them simultaneously, so they would probably have an internal appellate process. It's also likely that there would be other companies that serve as appellate courts that the original company would allow plaintiffs and defendants to appeal its decisions to. My view is that all of this would probably happen, because, at least in our present society, there seems to be a lot of demand for judicial decisions to be reviewed, which would obviously attract entrepreneur-lawyers in a free market.(less)

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Would incest (i.e. sexual relations within a family, however defined) be allowed in a "Rothbardian" society?