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Evolution and the Rule of Law: Hayek's Concept of Liberal Order Reconsidered

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07/30/2014Frank Daumann

The aim of this article is to resolve the putative contradiction between Hayek's "legal framework of general and abstract rules" and the concepts of "twin ideas of evolution and of the spontaneous formation of order".

Volume 21, Number 4 (2007)

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Frank Daumann is a professor and chair of Sport Economics and Health Economics at the Institute of Sports Science at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.

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Daumann, Frank. "Evolution and the Rule of Law: Hayek's Concept of Liberal Order Reconsidered." Journal of Libertarian Studies 21, No. 4 (2007): 123–150.