عنوان

The law /

1572460733

1572460741

9781572460737

9781572460744

b751549

The law /

[Book]

by Frederic Bastiat ; translated from the French by Dean Russell ; introduction by Walter E. Williams ; foreword by Sheldon Richman.

2nd ed.

Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y. :

Foundation for Economic Education,

1998.

xiv, 79 pages ;

20 cm

Includes index.

Life is a gift from God -- What is law? -- A just and enduring government -- The complete perversion of the law -- A fatal tendency of mankind -- Property and plunder -- Victims of lawful plunder -- The results of legal plunder -- The fate of non-conformists -- Who shall judge? -- The reason why voting is restricted -- The answer is to restrict the law -- The fatal idea of legal plunder -- Perverted law causes conflict -- Slavery and tariffs are plunder -- Two kinds of plunder -- The law defends plunder -- How to identify legal plunder -- Legal plunder has many names -- Socialism is legal plunder -- The choice is before us -- The proper function of the law -- The seductive lure of socialism -- Enforced fraternity destroys liberty -- Plunder violates ownership -- Three systems of plunder -- Law is force -- Law is a negative concept -- The political approach -- The law and charity -- The law and education -- The law and morals -- A confusion of terms -- The influence of socialist writers -- The socialists wish to play God -- The socialists despise mankind -- A defense of compulsory labor -- A defense of paternal government -- The idea of passive mankind -- Socialist ignore reason and facts -- Socialists want to regiment people -- A famous name and an evil idea -- A frightful idea -- The leader of the democrats -- Socialists want forced conformity -- Legislators desire to mold mankind -- Legislators told how to manage men -- A temporary dictatorship -- Socialists want equality of wealth -- The error of the socialist writers -- What is liberty? -- Philanthropic Tyranny -- The socialists want dictatorship -- Dictatorial arrogance -- The indirect approach to despotism -- Napoleon wanted passive mankind -- The vicious circle of socialism -- The doctrine of the democrats -- The socialist concept of liberty -- Socialists fear all liberty -- The superman idea -- The socialists reject free choice -- The cause of French revolutions -- The enormous power of government -- Politics and economics -- Proper legislative functions -- Law and charity are not the same -- The high road to communism -- The basis for stable government -- Justice means equal rights -- The path to dignity and progress -- Proof of an idea -- The desire to rule over others -- Let us now try liberty.

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Statesman, essayist and economist, Frederic Bastiat is a renowned champion of individual freedom and THE LAW.

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Law and socialism.

Law-- Philosophy.

Socialism and liberty.

Law and socialism.

Law-- Philosophy.

Socialism and liberty.

Bastiat, Frédéric,1801-1850.

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