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“The Law,” “The State,” and
Other Political Writings,
1843–1850
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THE COLLECTED WORKS OF FRÉDÉRIC BASTIAT
Jacques de Guenin, General Editor
The Man and the Statesman: The Correspondence and Articles on Politics
“The Law,” “The State,” and Other Political Writings, 1843–1850
Economic Sophisms and “What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen”
Miscellaneous Works on Economics: From “Jacques-Bonhomme” to Le Journal des Économistes
Economic Harmonies
The Struggle Against Protectionism: The English and French Free-Trade Movements
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Cover art: Image of the village of Mugron, France, the town where Bastiat spent most of his adult life, from a postcard at www.communes.com / www.notrefamille.com.
This eBook edition published in 2012.
eBook ISBN: E-PUB 978-1-61487-254-2
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Contents
Note on the Editions of the Œuvres complètes
Map of France Showing Cities Mentioned by Bastiat
“The Law,” “The State,” and Other Political Writings, 1843–1850
1. Reflections on the Petitions from Bordeaux, Le Havre, and Lyons Relating to the Customs Service
2. The Tax Authorities and Wine
3. On the Wine-Growing Question
6. Individualism and Fraternity
10. Property and Plunder
11. Baccalaureate and Socialism
12. Protectionism and Communism
13. Plunder and Law
14. The War Against Chairs of Political Economy
15. Peace and Freedom or the Republican Budget
16. Discourse on the Tax on Wines and Spirits
17. The Repression of Industrial Unions
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18. Reflections on the Amendment of M. Mortimer-Ternaux
19. Parliamentary Conflicts of Interest
Bastiat’s Political Writings: Anecdotes and Reflections
Glossary of Persons
Glossary of Places
Glossary of Subjects and Terms
Bibliographical Note on the Works Cited in This Volume
Bibliography
Index
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General Editor’s Note
The six-volume Collected Works of Frédéric Bastiat will be the most complete compilation of Bastiat’s works published to date, in any country or in any language. The main source for the translation is the Œuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, published by Guillaumin in the 1850s and 1860s.1
Although the Guillaumin edition was generally chronological, the volumes in this series have been arranged thematically:
The Man and the Statesman: The Correspondence and Articles on Politics
“The Law,” “The State,” and Other Political Writings, 1843–1850
Economic Sophisms and “What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen”
Miscellaneous Works on Economics: From “Jacques-Bonhomme” to Le Journal des Économistes
Economic Harmonies
The Struggle Against Protectionism: The English and French Free-Trade Movements
There are four kinds of notes in this volume: footnotes by the editor of the Guillaumin edition