Legal, Legislation and Freedom, Volume 1

Author: Friedrich Hayek
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Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Features: The Law, Legislation and Liberty is the last systematic academic work published by Friedrich Hayek, the 1974 Nobel Economics Prize laureate and the most important liberal theorist of the 20th century, after 17 years of reflection, between 1973, 1976, and 1979. This significant work is divided into three volumes based on the vast themes covered by the overarching title "The Law, Legislation and Liberty": Volume I is "Rules and Order," Volume II is "The Mirage of Social Justice," and Volume III is "The Political Order of a Free Society." In this work, Hayek extensively discusses the relationship between law and legislation and elucidates the legal theory of "evolutionary rationalism." Through the exposition and construction of legal theory, he ultimately completes his grand liberal social philosophy system, moving from social theory to liberal theory to legal theory.