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

A new edition of F. A. Hayeks three-part opus Law, Legislation, and Liberty, collated in a single volume

In this critical entry in the Collected Works of F. A. Hayek series, political philosopher Jeremy Shearmur collates Hayeks three-part study of law and liberty and places Hayeks writings in careful historical context. Incisive and unrestrained, Law, Legislation, and Liberty is Hayek at his late-life best, making it essential reading for understanding the philosophers politics and worldview.

These three volumes constitute a scaling up of the framework offered in Hayeks famed The Road to Serfdom. Volume 1, Rules and Order, espouses the virtues of classical liberalism; Volume 2, The Mirage of Social Justice, examines the societal forces that undermine liberalism and, with it, liberalisms capacity to induce spontaneous order; and Volume 3, The Political Order of a Free People, proposes alternatives and interventions against emerging anti-liberal movements, including a rule of law that resides in stasis with personal freedom.

Shearmurs treatment of this challenging workincluding an immersive new introduction, a conversion of Hayeks copious endnotes to footnotes, corrections to Hayeks references and quotations, and the provision of translations to material that Hayek cited only in languages other than Englishlends it new importance and accessibility. Rendered anew for the next generations of scholars, this revision of Hayeks Law, Legislation, and Liberty is sure to become the standard.