The Law
by Frederic Bastiat Author
(From Amazon): The Law was originally published in French in 1850 by Frederic Bastiat. It was written two years after the third French Revolution of 1848 and a few months before his death of tuberculosis at age 49. It is the work for which Bastiat is most famous. This translation to American English is from 1874.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1612930123
- Print Status
- In Print
- Governments
- 75
- Pages
- 72
- Suggested Grades
- 10th - 12th
- Publisher
- Tribeca Books
- Copyright
- 2012
Governments
- 1 Life Is a Gift from God
- 2 What Is Law?
- 3 A Just and Enduring Government
- 4 The Complete Perversion of the Law
- 5 A Fatal Tendency of Mankind
- 6 Property and Plunder
- 7 Victims of Lawful Plunder
- 8 The Results of Legal Plunder
- 9 The Fate of Non-Conformists
- 10 Who Shall Judge?
- 11 The Reason Why Voting Is Restricted
- 12 The Answer Is to Restrict the Law
- 13 The Fatal Idea of Legal Plunder
- 14 Perverted Law Causes Conflict
- 15 Slavery and Tariffs Are Plunder
- 16 Two Kinds of Plunder
- 17 The Law Defends Plunder
- 18 How to Identify Legal Plunder
- 19 Legal Plunder Has Many Names
- 20 Socialism Is Legal Plunder
- 21 The Choice Before Us
- 22 The Proper Function of the Law
- 23 The Seductive Lure of Socialism
- 24 Enforced Fraternity Destroys Liberty
- 25 Plunder Violates Ownership
- 26 Three Systems of Plunder
- 27 Law Is Force
- 28 Law Is a Negative Concept
- 29 The Political Approach
- 30 The Law and Charity
- 31 The Law and Education
- 32 The Law and Morals
- 33 A Confusion of Terms
- 34 The Influence of Socialist Writers
- 35 The Socialists Want to Play God
- 36 The Socialists Despise Mankind
- 37 A Defense of Compulsory Labor
- 38 A Defense of Paternal Government
- 39 The Idea of Passive Mankind
- 40 Socialists Ignore Reason and Facts
- 41 Socialists Want to Regiment People
- 42 A Famous Name and an Evil Idea
- 43 A Frightful Idea
- 44 The Leader of the Democrats
- 45 Socialists Want Forced Conformity
- 46 Legislators Desire to Mold Mankind
- 47 Legislators Told How to Manage Men
- 48 A Temporary Dictatorship
- 49 Socialists Want Equality of Wealth
- 50 The Error of the Socialist Writers
- 51 What Is Liberty?
- 52 Philanthropic Tyranny
- 53 The Socialists Want Dictatorship
- 54 Dictatorial Arrogance
- 55 The Indirect Approach to Despotism
- 56 Napoleon Wanted Passive Mankind
- 57 The Vicious Circle of Socialism
- 58 The Doctrine of the Democrats
- 59 The Socialist Concept of Liberty
- 60 Socialists Fear All Liberties
- 61 The Superman Idea
- 62 The Socialists Reject Free Choice
- 63 The Cause of French Revolutions
- 64 The Enormous Power of Government
- 65 Politics and Economics
- 66 Proper Legislative Functions
- 67 Law and Charity Are Not the Same
- 68 The High Road to Communism
- 69 The Basis for Stable Government
- 70 Justice Means Equal Rights
- 71 The Path to Dignity and Progress
- 72 Proof of an Idea
- 73 The Desire to Rule over Others
- 74 Let Us Now Try Liberty
- 75 Afterword
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