Part II: Freedom and the Law

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Part II: Freedom and the Law is a central section of Friedrich Hayek’s The Constitution of Liberty that examines the legal and institutional foundations necessary to secure individual freedom in a liberal society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book section
work by Friedrich Hayek
aimsTo clarify the legal framework required for a free society
define institutional conditions for liberty
argues arbitrary power is incompatible with freedom
coercion should be limited by general legal rules
individual liberty depends on the rule of law
the state must be bound by known rules
author Friedrich Hayek
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
critiques discretionary administrative power
legal positivism
focusesOn constraints on governmental discretion
distinction between law and legislation
general and abstract rules of law
impersonal application of law
predictability of legal rules
genre legal theory
non-fiction
political theory
hasPart chapters on the changing concept of law
chapters on the origins of the rule of law
chapters on the rule of law
chapters on the safeguards of individual liberty
influenced libertarian constitutional thought
modern classical liberal legal theory
influencedBy British constitutional tradition
Enlightenment philosophy
surface form: Enlightenment liberalism

rule-of-law doctrine
mainTheme constitutionalism
individual freedom
legal institutions
liberal society
limits of state power
relationship between law and liberty
rule of law
partOf The Constitution of Liberty
philosophicalTradition classical liberalism
libertarianism
positionInWork central section of The Constitution of Liberty
publicationYear 1960
relatedTo Law, Legislation and Liberty
The Road to Serfdom
subject constitutional law theory
jurisprudence
legal philosophy
political philosophy
supports a government of laws and not of men
workLanguage English

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The Constitution of Liberty hasPart Part II: Freedom and the Law