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RULE OF LAW. SUPREMACY OF LAW EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW CHECK ON ARBITRARY ACTION DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW ?. BASTIAT: THE ORIGIN OF LAW. PERSON [life], FACULTIES [liberty] & PRODUCTION [property] PURPOSE OF LAW PERVERSION OF LAW. BASTIAT: GREED. GREED
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RULE OF LAW SUPREMACY OF LAW EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW CHECK ON ARBITRARY ACTION DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW ?
BASTIAT: THE ORIGIN OF LAW • PERSON [life], FACULTIES [liberty] & PRODUCTION [property] • PURPOSE OF LAW • PERVERSION OF LAW
BASTIAT: GREED GREED • Man can derive life from labor OR by seizing the production of fellow men. (plunder) • LAW IS MADE BY ONE MAN OR A CLASS OF MEN WHO POSSESS FORCE. • THE CLASSES WHO HAVE TAKEN POWER may wish to put an end to lawful plunder, or they may desire to take part in it (marx). • PARETO EFFICIENCY
BASTIAT: MISCONCIEVED PHILANTHROPY • ‘MISCONCEIVED’ PHILANTHROPY AND LEGAL PLUNDER IN CONTEXT OF SOCIALISM • PEOPLE AS A RAW MATERIAL TO BE FORMED INTO SOCIAL COMBINATIONS.
THE CONSEQUENCE • LAW AND MORALITY • FAST UNTO DEATH • INDIA – BRIBES, CRIME