by Frederic Bastiat
The classic philosophical work exploring the origins of law and its role in society.
Statesman, essayist and economist, Frederic Bastiat was a renowned champion of individual freedom. And The Law, first published in 1850, is Bastiat's most famous and enduring work.
The Law has been acclaimed for more than a century as the classic moral defense of liberty and limited government. Here is a timeless message of immutable principle in the immortal words of one of history's most courageous thinkers and brilliant writers.
"The Law created order in my thinking about liberty and just human conduct." -- Walter Williams
"The most brilliant economic journalist who ever lived." -- Joseph Schumpeter
"A great prophet of liberty, the free society, and the free market." -- Vaclav Klaus, Former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic