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Must-read classic from the brilliant French economist and philospher.
Must-read classic from the brilliant French economist and philospher.
A concise and powerful defense of individual liberty, property rights, and the proper role of government in a free society. In The Law, French economist and political thinker Frédéric Bastiat presents one of the most influential arguments for limited government ever written. First published in 1850, the work examines the fundamental purpose of law and argues that its rightful function is the protection of life, liberty, and property. When law is used for any other purpose-particularly to redistribute wealth or impose the will of one group upon another-Bastiat contends that it becomes an instrument of injustice rather than justice.Writing during a period of political upheaval in nineteenth-century France, Bastiat critiques what he calls \