The Bastiat, Frédéric 1801-1850 creator text utu 2014 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Law" by Frédéric Bastiat is an essay written in 1850. Bastiat argues that government's only legitimate purpose is to protect natural rights—life, liberty, and property. He warns that law becomes perverted when used to plunder citizens rather than defend them. The work examines how governments overstep their bounds, turning legal systems into tools of exploitation. Bastiat critiques socialism, tariffs, and slavery as forms of "legal plunder" that violate individual rights while claiming moral authority. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Law_(Bastiat_book) Release date is 2014-01-30 Produced by David Widger from page scans generously provided by the Google Books Project, with a Creative Commons license granted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama Original publication data not identified Property Law -- Philosophy Justice, Administration of Law and socialism Socialism and liberty K Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44800 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44800 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134029.0 44800