&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:The_Law_(Bastiat_book).png) Title page for La Loi ("The Law", 1850) | |
| Author | Frédéric Bastiat |
|---|---|
| Original title | La Loi |
| Language | French |
Publication date | 1850 |
The Law (French: La Loi) is an 1850 book by Frédéric Bastiat. It was written at Mugron two years after the third French Revolution and a few months before his death of tuberculosis at age 49. The essay was influenced by John Locke's Second Treatise on Government and in turn influenced Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson.[1] It is the work for which Bastiat is most famous, followed by the candlemaker's petition and the parable of the broken window.
- ^ Even though Hazlitt was more influenced by Ce qu'on voit et ce qu'on ne voit pas (That Which Is Seen and That Which Is Unseen), he mentions The Law in the foreword to Economics in One Lesson.