The principle of this system of needs has, as the particularity peculiar to knowing and willing, the universality that is in and for itself — the universality of freedom — only abstractly within it, and thus as the right of property, which, however, is here no longer merely in itself, but is, in its valid actuality, the protection of property through the administration of justice.
§ 208: From the market to the court
In the system of needs, each person provides for himself. But something universal already lies in this: the right of property. Everyone wants his property to be safe.
Until now, this right was only a claim. Now it becomes real. Society protects property through courts and laws. We call this the administration of justice.
Summary: The right of property already lies in economic life. In the administration of justice, society really protects it. With this, the next part begins.
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