"Those who value individual freedom should reassess the place of
the individual within the legal system as a whole. It is no longer
a question of defending this or that particular freedom. . . . It
is a question of deciding whether individual freedom is compatible
in principle with the present system centered on . . .
legislation."--Bruno Leoni, from the introductionThe greatest
obstacle to rule of law in our time, contends the author of this
thought-provoking work, is the problem of overlegislation. In
modern democratic societies, legislative bodies are increasingly
usurping functions that were and should be exercised by individuals
or groups rather than government. The result is an unwieldy surfeit
of laws and regulations that by their sheer volume stifle
individual freedom.Bruno Leoni (1913-1967) was an attorney and
Professor of Legal Theory and the Theory of the State at the
University of Pavia, Italy.Arthur Kemp is Professor Emeritus of
Economics, at Claremont McKenna College.
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