Law, legislation and liberty : a new statement of the liberal principles of justice and political economy. Volume 1, Rules and order

This volume represents the first section of F. A. Hayek's comprehensive three-part study of the relations between law and liberty. __Rules and Order__ constructs the framework necessary for a critical analysis of prevailing theories of justice and of the conditions which a constitution securing personal liberty would have to satisfy. From a Nobel Laureate economist, "after more than half a century, Rules and Order remains an essential book for anybody interested in politics or law" ( EconLib ). F. A. Hayek made many valuable contributions to the field of economics as well as to the disciplines of philosophy and politics. This volume represents the first section of Hayek's comprehensive three-part study of the relations between law and liberty. Rules and Order constructs the framework necessary for a critical analysis of prevailing theories of justice and of the conditions which a constitution securing personal liberty would have to satisfy. This volume represents This volume represents the first section of Friedrich A. Hayek's comprehensive three-part study of the relations between law and liberty. "Rules and Order" constructs the framework necessary for a critical analysis of prevailing theories of justice and of the conditions which a constitution securing personal liberty would have to satisfy. Claiming that predominant models of liberal democratic institutions inevitably produce totalitarian systems, the author describes and compares the laws that typify spontaneous and directed orders of social organization. There are two ways of looking at the pattern of human activities which lead to very different conclusions concerning both its explanation and the possibilities of deliberately altering it. V. 1. Rules And Order -- V. 2. The Mirage Of Social Justice -- V. 3. The Political Order Of A Free People. F. A. Hayek. Includes Bibliographies And Index.