This title analyzes the current state of competition (antitrust) and intellectual property laws, and proposes realistic reforms that will encourage innovation.

Creation without Restraint: Promoting Liberty and Rivalry in Innovation analyzes the current state of competition (antitrust) and intellectual property laws, and proposes realistic reforms that will encourage innovation. As with antitrust and a reform process that aligned injury requirements in lawsuits with the incentive to compete, this book proposes similar reforms for patent and copyright law, and considers both the uses and limitations of antitrust as a vehicle for intellectual property law reform.

This 1856 work, advocating the abolition of mechanical restraints in treating mentally ill patients, is a key text of asylum reform.