The Law LvMI edition by Bastiat Frederic DiLorenzo Thomas J Politics Social Sciences eBooks
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How is it that the law enforcer itself does not have to keep the law? How is it that the law permits the state to lawfully engage in actions that, if undertaken by individuals, would land them in jail?
These are among the most intriguing questions in political and economic philosophy. They apply in every way to our own time — to whenever and wherever the state creates for itself different rules and different laws from those by which it expects other people to live. The problem of law that itself violates law is an insurmountable conundrum of all statist philosophies.
The problem of unjust law has never been discussed so profoundly and passionately as in this 1850 essay by Frederic Bastiat. This legendary essay, written in a white heat of anger against the leaders of 19th-century France, shocked millions out of their toleration of despotism — which is precisely why so many people credit it for first showing them the light of liberty.
This new edition from the Mises Institute revives a glorious translation that circulated in Britain in the generation that followed Bastiat's death, and has been out of print for over a hundred years. This translation — a more sophisticated, more substantial, and more precise rendering than any in print — provides further insight into Bastiat's argument in one of the most penetrating and powerful essays written in the history of political economy.
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The one dissenter of the philosophers of the day during the before and after periods of the French revolution. This man will help any American to see what is true and good about the Constitution for the United States. After all, France adopted our constitution shortly after we did .. . .. as United States born Natural persons.Product details
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The Law LvMI edition by Bastiat Frederic DiLorenzo Thomas J Politics Social Sciences eBooks Reviews
This should be “required” reading for anyone who loves liberty and wants to learn more about it. I re-read it often.
It's been called the greatest blueprint for a just society. Truly explains why America is so important as an idea put in practice for all mankind. It will help kids order their thinking ... so you know public schools would fear this treatise.
I found it fascinating that the same problems of socialism existed that long ago, and we are repeating the same mistakes today.
Quick read that breaks down problems with socialism and gives a good argument for liberty.
Mr. Bastiat clearly defines good and proper law. The Law must apply to all the people; it must not provide an advantage to only some of the people. Also, The Law should not be a tool to forcibly redistribute resources/money from taxpayers to citizens deemed (by gov’t) to be in need. His definition of Legal Plunder is straightforward and powerful. It has given me a new, clear perspective.
Most US statutes (legislation) are Legal Plunder, especially since 1900. What would the US Code look like without all laws classified as Legal Plunder? It would be rational.
Frederic Bastiat makes one infallible argument for the purpose of law and the gov'ts role of enforcing it.
Law is Justice!
And Justice is not robbing one group of men for the benefit of another such as the laws of Plunder. (tariffs, subsidies, bailouts, corporate or union tax breaks)
Law is Justice!
Nor is law a way to enforce government driven philanthropy, essentially robbing one man of rightful claim to his own money and give it to another man to which it does not rightfully belong. SOCIALIST PLUNDER! Mr. Bastiat goes on to break down any attempt to justify socialist society or laws and leaves but one clear and well defined role for law that every freedom loving man can praise, that is that
LAW IS JUSTICE!
Following on with the role of Law is the need to enforce it, which is the very reason for which men make Government. Frederic Bastiat explains the limitations of gov't through this very clear role of it. Gov't cannot give that which it does not posses. The government's realm is that of justice and you cannot expect it produce prosperity no more than you can expect a carpenter to fix cars or a miner to build houses. The government is to prevent injustice, you cannot expect to build the economy, make men moral, and feed the hungry any more than you can expect to take fire to stone and expect corn to grow. It is not going to happen because it is not its purpose, it is not its role, it is not within its realm of possibility.
Mr. Bastiat purposes a society where the economy controls the values of products, the law denies all forms of injustice towards a mans rights and the government is not a bureaucracy of special interest groups to meddle in social and economic affairs.
In The Law, Frederic Bastiat defends the principle that the Law is to enforce Justice and the gov't is to enforce that just Law.
If you have already read it, read it again. If you have not read it, please consider reading this timeless piece of literature. Though it was written well over 150 years ago, Bastiat’s philosophical and eloquent description of the purpose of the law has not changed with time; his sentiments remain completely on point. In fact many of the points eluded too regarding the concerns of Liberty have been exacerbated in America’s current system.
Please read and share this classic piece of literature. Invite everyone you know to read and discus it. This is one of the most powerful and concise books on politics ever written. The way in which Mr. Bastiat illustrates his point are careful not to be inflammatory, while at the same time hard hitting.
Regardless of one’s personal political persuasion, this is a must read.
Bastiat's seminal work, The Law describes how power and the law are intertwined, the role of government and the individual and the elements of law and liberty. A libertarian treatise.
The one dissenter of the philosophers of the day during the before and after periods of the French revolution. This man will help any American to see what is true and good about the Constitution for the United States. After all, France adopted our constitution shortly after we did .. . .. as United States born Natural persons.
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