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" The law / "
by Frederic Bastiat ; translated from the French by Dean Russell ; introduction by Walter E. Williams ; foreword by Sheldon Richman.
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997179
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b751549
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Loi.English
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Bastiat, Frédéric,1801-1850.
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The law /\ by Frederic Bastiat ; translated from the French by Dean Russell ; introduction by Walter E. Williams ; foreword by Sheldon Richman.
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2nd ed.
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Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y. :: Foundation for Economic Education,, 1998.
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xiv, 79 pages ;; 20 cm
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1572460733
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: 1572460741
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: 9781572460737
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: 9781572460744
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Law-- Philosophy.
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Socialism and liberty.
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Law and socialism.
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Law-- Philosophy.
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Socialism and liberty.
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340/.1
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K357.B3613 1998
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