The iLiberty Essay Contest is available to full-time students. You must submit an essay between a minimum of 600 words and a maximum of 2,500 words after reading the Core Concepts background brief on the sponsor’s Web site. Your essay should address the following: Think of a law, current or proposed, that is intended to make people better off by preventing them from engaging in voluntary behavior that may harm them. Does the law achieve its goal?
What unintended consequences may result from enacting or enforcing the law?
Are people actually made better off by the law?
Are there other, less restrictive ways to achieve the proposed goal?

Deadline: December 01, 2006
Applicable Majors: All Fields of Study

Please visit the sponsor’s Web site for additional information. http://www.iliberty.org