LAW, LEGISLATION AND LIBERTY - A NEW STATEMENT OF LIBERAL PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE AND POLITICAL ECONOMY, V 1 - RULES AND ORDER

• NCJ Number: 13877
• Author(s): F A HAYEK
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 195 pages
• Sale Source: University of Chicago Press
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

BASIC CONCEPTIONS NECESSARY FOR A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF PREVAILING THEORIES OF JUSTICE AND OF NECESSARY CONDITIONS TO BE MET BY A CONSTITUTION SECURING LIBERTY.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR DISTINGUISHES TWO KINDS OF ORDER ON WHICH ANY SOCIETY MUST RELY TO SOME EXTENT - A SPONTANEOUS OR SELF GENERATING ORDER, AND A DIRECTED ORDER OR ORGANIZATION. HE ANALYSES THE BASIC PRINCIPLES ON WHICH THESE ORDERS CAN BE BASED, AND RELATES TO THE PROBLEM OF PERSONAL LIBERTY HIS DISTINCTION BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF RULES, CORRESPONDING TO PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LAW, REQUIRED FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE.