"The author interprets the function of the law and its purpose to secure rights and justice."@en
"Statesman, essayist and economist, Frederic Bastiat is a renowned champion of individual freedom and THE LAW."
"Statesman, essayist and economist, Frederic Bastiat is a renowned champion of individual freedom and the law."@en
"First published in 1850, the French economist and journalist Frédéric Bastiat presents his opinion on the government's role in protecting its citizenry's rights and property."
"Bastiat, a French economist and journalist, originally published The Law as a pamphlet in 1850. It defines a just system of laws and then demonstrates how such law facilitates a free society. The main purpose of government, Bastiat argues, is the protection of the lives, liberties, and properties of its citizens."@en
"Frederic Bastiat's arguments against socialism are as valid today as when first published in 1850."@en
"Bastiat's The Law is the classic work which defines the right and just system of laws for a free people, and demonstrates how such laws facilitate a free society."
"Immediately following France's Revolution of 1848, the author, a Deputy to the Legislative Assembly, explained how socialism would inevitably degenerate into communism."@en