1st Edition

Law, Legislation and Liberty A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy

By F.A. Hayek Copyright 1982

    Combines all three volumes of Hayek's comprehensive study of the basic principles of the political order of free society: Rules and Order, The Mirage of Social Justice and The Political Order of a Free Society. 'A careful and brilliant statement of the conditions of human freedom. It is a major work of political and economic philosophy which sets terms that neither its friends or critics can ignore.' - THES

    RULES AND ORDER; Chapter 1 REASON AND EVOLUTION; Chapter 2 COSMOS AND TAXIS; Chapter 3 PRINCIPLES AND EXPEDIENCY; Chapter 4 THE CHANGING CONCEPT OF LAW; Chapter 5 NOMOS: THE LAW OF LIBERTY; Chapter 6 THESIS: THE LAW OF LEGISLATION; THE MIRAGE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE; Chapter 7 GENERAL WELFARE AND PARTICULAR PURPOSES; Chapter 8 THE QUEST FOR JUSTICE; Chapter 9 ‘SOCIAL’ OR DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE; Chapter 10 THE MARKET ORDER OR CATALLAXY; Chapter 11 THE DISCIPLINE OF ABSTRACT RULES AND THE EMOTIONS OF THE TRIBAL SOCIETY; THE POLITICAL ORDER OF A FREE PEOPLE; Chapter 12 MAJORITY OPINION AND CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACY; Chapter 13 THE DIVISION OF DEMOCRATIC POWERS; Chapter 14 THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR; Chapter 15 GOVERNMENT POLICY AND THE MARKET; Chapter 16 THE MISCARRIAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC IDEAL: A RECAPITULATION; Chapter 17 A MODEL CONSTITUTION; Chapter 18 THE CONTAINMENT OF POWER AND THE DETHRONEMENT OF POLITICS;

    Biography

    F. A. Hayek

    'A careful and brilliant statement of the conditions of human freedom. It is a major work of political and economic philosophy which sets terms that neither its friends or critics can ignore.' - Times Higher Education Supplement