Abstract This article reconstructs the economic dimension of Bruno Leoni’s thought, focusing on a part of his work that has often remained in the background when his legacy is approached primarily through legal and political lenses. Drawing on his essays and reviews in Il Politico , together with Freedom and the Law and later collected papers, the study shows that Leoni engaged in a sustained reflection on problems of law, politics, and social coordination that can be read as a contribution to political economy. It argues that this dimension of his work helps clarify the internal coherence of his broader intellectual project and illuminates the analytical foundations of his better-known reflections on law and political representation. By situating Leoni within the selective reception of Austrian ideas in Italy, the article suggests that he should be understood not merely as a transmitter of Hayek, but as a thinker who developed original arguments in close dialogue with Austrian themes. Drawing on archival material and contemporary Italian debates, the analysis also illustrates how legal scholarship could serve as a vehicle for economic reasoning in the mid-twentieth century.
Ramon Audet (Wed,) studied this question.