In the Mail: A New Collection of Writings by Bruno Leoni:

Bruno Leoni (1913-1967) was an Italian libertarian philosopher and lawyer whose book, Freedom and the Law, was required reading in the 1970s for libertarians interested in law. Leoni’s blend of law and economics insights with his view of the common law as a spontaneous order influenced–and was in turn influenced by–the work of Friedrich Hayek.

In 2003, the Bruno Leoni Institute was founded in Italy to preserve and develop the libertarian approach to law that was so dear to Leoni’s heart. In 2007, on the fortieth anniversary of his death, I spoke at a marvelous conference they held in Turin on Leoni’s thought.

Now, for the first time since Freedom and the Law appeared in 1961, comes a new collection of translated writings by Leoni entitled, Law, Liberty and the Competitive Market, edited by Carlo Lottieri (pictured below), an Italian libertarian philosopher and co-founder of the BLI. The volume begins with a major new piece by Richard Epstein on the significance of Leoni’s thought that appears as the Foreword.