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On Humean sovereignty; Dicey, Hayek, Foucault, Schmitt, and (darn) Trump

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Apr 14, 2023
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A.V. Dicey's life (1835-1922) and work is known almost exclusively for the 'rule of law.' I have some amusing, reductive evidence for this claim: the one and only annotation by Foucault on Dicey is the definition of the rule of law (see here). Presumably the annotation was prompted by Foucault's reading and use of Hayek's Constitution of Liberty, where …

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