The law perverted! And the police powers of the state perverted along with it! The law I say not only turned from its proper purpose but made to follow an…

Considered a classic of economic theory on a par with Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, this 19th-century book-by French political libertarian and economist CLAUDE FREDERIC BASTIAT (1801-1850)-is a masterwork…

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First published as a pamphlet in 1850, Frederic Bastiat's The Law is a landmark work of political science. Its simple but powerful argument, that the law derives from inalienable individual…

The Law, has been considered an important book throughout the human history. So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book…

A logical, concise introduction to Libertarian views, Bastian’s call for ‘small government’ defines the law as a collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense . He shows how…

My object in this treatise is to examine into the real nature of the Interest of Capital, for the purpose of proving that it is lawful, and explaining why it…

My object in this treatise is to examine into the real nature of the Interest of Capital, for the purpose of proving that it is lawful, and explaining why it…