Reference

Franz Oppenheimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Franz Oppenheimer (born 30 March 1864 in Berlin; died 30 September 1943 in Los Angeles) was a German sociologist and political economist, who published also in the area of the fundamental sociology of the state. ..."

Web Pages

Franz Oppenheimer Homepage
in German and English

Bibliography

Franz Oppenheimer Bibliographie
in German

Articles

The Anatomy of the State, by Murray N. Rothbard, 1974
Related Topics: The State, Bill of Rights, Albert Jay Nock, Property, War
"The great German sociologist Franz Oppenheimer pointed out that there are two mutually exclusive ways of acquiring wealth; one ... he called the 'economic means.' The other ... is the method of one-sided confiscation, of theft of the property of others. This is the method which Oppenheimer termed 'the political means' to wealth."

Books Authored

The State: Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically, 1908
Related Topic: The State
Electronic text available, in English, at the German "Franz Oppenheimer Homepage"