Law, Liberty and State: Oakeshott, Hayek and Schmitt on the Rule of Law

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David Dyzenhaus (University of Toronto) Thomas Poole (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Law, Liberty and State

Oakeshott, Hayek and Schmitt on the Rule of Law

David Dyzenhaus (University of Toronto), Thomas Poole (London School of Economics and Political Science)

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Cambridge University Press
02 February 2017

Political science & theory; Law; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law

Oakeshott, Hayek and Schmitt are associated with a conservative reaction to the 'progressive' forces of the twentieth century. Each was an acute analyst of the juristic form of the modern state and the relationship of that form to the idea of liberty under a system of public, general law. Hayek had the highest regard for Schmitt's understanding of the rule of law state despite Schmitt's hostility to it, and he owed the distinction he drew in his own work between a purpose-governed form of state and a law-governed form to Oakeshott. However, the three have until now rarely been considered together, something which will be ever more apparent as political theorists, lawyers and theorists of international relations turn to the foundational texts of twentieth-century thought at a time when debate about liberal democratic theory might appear to have run out of steam.

Edited by: David Dyzenhaus (University of Toronto), Thomas Poole (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9781107472273
ISBN 10: 110747227X
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 02 February 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Dyzenhaus is Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Thomas Poole is an Associate Professor and Reader in Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he works mainly in the field of public law and constitutional theory.