F. A. Hayek (1899-1992), recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991 and cowinner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974, was a pioneer in monetary theory and a leading proponent of classical liberalism in the twentieth century.

Jeremy Shearmur is a fellow emeritus in philosophy at the Australian National University. His published books include The Political Thought of Karl Popper and Hayek and After: Hayekian Liberalism as a Research Programme, among others.

Editorial Preface Editor's Introduction Law, Legislation, and Liberty Consolidated Preface to the One-Volume Edition Volume 1 Rules and Order Introduction 1 Reason and Evolution 2 Cosmos and Taxis 3 Principles and Expediency 4 The Changing Concept of Law 5 Nomos: The Law of Liberty 6 Thesis: The Law of Legislation Volume 2 The Mirage of Social Justice 7 General Welfare and Particular Purposes 8 The Quest for Justice 9 'Social' or Distributive Justice 10 The Market Order or Catallaxy 11 The Discipline of Abstract Rules and the Emotions of the Tribal Society Volume 3 The Political Order of a Free People 12 Majority Opinion and Contemporary Democracy 13 The Division of Democratic Powers 14 The Public Sector and the Private Sector 15 Government Policy and the Market 16 The Miscarriage of the Democratic Ideal: A Recapitulation 17 A Model Constitution 18 The Containment of Power and the Dethronement of Politics Epilogue: The Three Sources of Human Values