{"product_id":"the-law","title":"De Wet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when the law becomes the very force it is meant to protect you from?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Law, Frédéric Bastiat asks what government has the right to do. France’s new republic is full of plans to remake society through parliament. As a member of the National Assembly, he hears those plans firsthand. His answer draws a sharp boundary: law exists to defend people, liberty and property, not to shape every part of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBastiat calls the use of law to transfer wealth between groups legal plunder. He asks why it spreads, why politics grows bitter, and what happens when planners treat people as material to be shaped. His argument challenges forced charity and state direction. This is a pointed defense of limited government, not a balanced survey of policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe roots of law\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Bastiat’s argument from each person’s right of self-defense to the shared force of law.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProtection turned against people\u003c\/strong\u003e – Examine his warning that legal force can threaten the very people it should guard.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhy plunder spreads\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore his account of how the wish for easy gain makes politics bitter.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeople are not clay\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet his challenge to planners who claim the power to shape other people’s lives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKindness and compulsion\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider why Bastiat sees forced charity as a threat to the liberty law should protect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers seeking a short, clear statement of classical liberalism, or anyone puzzled by debates about what government should do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and weigh Bastiat’s sharp answer to a question that reaches into everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534686519644,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/11916_en_ebook-front_c04.jpg?v=1792175087","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/nl\/products\/de-wet","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}