{"product_id":"federalism-liberty-and-the-law-9780865972483","title":"Federalism, Liberty, and the Law","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James M. Buchanan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Liberty Fund\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Liberty Fund\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs diverse as the papers presented in this volume may seem at first glance, all of them touch on two characteristic themes of James Buchanan's work: the respect for individual sovereignty and the threat of monopoly power on the rights of the individual.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn his foreword, Hartmut Kliemt says, \"As opposed to more extreme and more utopian libertarians, [Buchanan] well understands that in our world it takes a state to defend the individual from the state. Buchanan, therefore, is not an anarchist but, rather, what may be called a 'reluctant anarchist' who accepts both that the state is the greatest threat to individual sovereignty and that without some statelike monopoly, individual sovereignty cannot be protected.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe twenty-six essays included in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFederalism, Liberty, and the Law\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e are grouped into these categories: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Analytics of Federalism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFederalism and Freedom\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLiberty, Man, and the State\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Constitution of Markets\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEconomists, Efficiency, and the Law\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLaw, Money, and Crime\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe central issue that unites the pieces in this volume is monopoly power and its control. As a libertarian, Buchanan sees government as the greatest threat--and also the greatest protector--of individual liberties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames M. Buchanan\u003c\/strong\u003e (1919-2013) was an eminent economist who won the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986 and was considered one of the greatest scholars of liberty in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45506705162391,"sku":"9780865972483","price":1391.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780865972483.webp?v=1767457825","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/federalism-liberty-and-the-law-9780865972483","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}