The Law
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Frederic Bastiat, Bastiat / Frederic Bastiat, PUBLISHER: Cosimo Classics, French political libertarian and economist CLAUDE FRDRIC BASTIAT () was one of the most eloquent champions of the concept that property rights and individual freedoms flowed from natural law. Here, in this classic, a powerful refutation of Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto, published two years earlier, Bastiat discusses:. what is law?. why socialism constitutes legal plunder. the proper function of the law. the law and morality. "the vicious circle of socialism". the basis for stable government. and more.