Professor Walter Block's new book, Legal?ize Black?mail, collects a lifetime of his schol?arly arti?cles about black?mail in which he exam?ines the legal and eco?nomic under?pin?nings of black?mail, traces its his?tor?i?cal roots, and presents a lib?er?tar?ian frame?work for think?ing about black?mail and its place in the law. Along the way, he con?fronts the the?o?ries of black?mail put for?ward by many other dis?tin?guished schol?ars, includ?ing Richard Pos?ner, Robert Noz?ick, and Richard Epstein.