The Law
Law, liberty, and the limits of government
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Law, liberty, and the limits of government
Published in 1850, Frederic Bastiat’s political essay examines what law is for and how it relates to morality, socialism, and stable government. Its listed topics include Bastiat’s argument that socialism amounts to “legal plunder,” as well as what he sees as the proper function of law. The result is a compact set of political questions framed around the reach of government and the principles that can support it. The supplied description positions the work in direct debate with Karl Marx’s *Communist Manifesto*, published two years earlier.
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- Readers interested in classical political liberalism and debates about government’s role.
- Those exploring nineteenth-century arguments about socialism, law, and morality.
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