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The Law

by Frederic Bastiat

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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Law and moralityGovernment and libertySocialism and legal plunderStable government

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Here, in this 1850 classic, a powerful refutation of Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto, published two years earlier, Bastiat discusses: what is law?, why socialism constitutes legal plunder, the proper function of the law, the law and morality, "the vicious circle of socialism", and the basis for stable government. French political libertarian and economist CLAUDE FR
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