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