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WEEK OF JULY 7, 2025
** This Week on the Rule of Law
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** Adam J. Macleod, “Bagehot and the Causes of Our Crises”
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Walter Bagehot understood that the rule of law depends not just on institutions, but on unwritten norms, habits, and civic character. In this Liberty Matters forum, Adam MacLeod and contributors revisit Bagehot’s constitutional thought, showing how liberty requires more than legal texts—it demands virtue, restraint, and cultural respect for limits on power.
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** Why is the rule of law essential to a free society in the 21st century—and what are the most effective ways to safeguard and advance it today?
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** “In order to have this liberty, it is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.” —Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
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The rule of law offers a framework that protects individual rights, limits the reach of power, and promotes justice through consistency and accountability. In today's complex and uncertain world, the Rule of Law remains crucial for safeguarding freedom and balancing government authority with individual liberty. This week’s featured resources invite thoughtful engagement with the Rule of Law—its principles, its challenges, and its essential role in sustaining a free society.
** Articles
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** Apology for a Rules-Based Order ([link removed])
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Paul Mueller, Law & Liberty ([link removed])
Mueller examines the erosion of the rule of law in modern societies, highlighting how departures from a rules-based order threaten liberty and cultural vitality.
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** Rule(s) of Law(s): The problem is monopoly, not violence. ([link removed])
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Michael Munger, Econlib ([link removed])
What if the real threat to the rule of law isn’t violence, but monopoly? Munger makes the case for competitive legal systems as a path to greater liberty.
** Basketball and the Rule of Law ([link removed])
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Asheesh Agarwal, Law & Liberty ([link removed])
Treating rules as technicalities—whether in basketball or law—misses their deeper purpose: to uphold fairness, integrity, and the spirit of the game.
** The Roots of Liberty: Magna Carta and the Anglo-American Tradition of Rule of Law ([link removed])
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Ellis Sandoz, The Online Library of Liberty ([link removed])
This essential essay collection thoughtfully traces the origins of liberty in English thought and its connection to modern ideas of the rule of law.
** Strengthening the Rule of Law Requires More, Not Less, Reliance on Formalism ([link removed])
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John O. McGinnis, Law & Liberty ([link removed])
Those who benefit from eroding legal boundaries have the most to lose when the rule of law reasserts itself through a renewed commitment to formalism.
** The Rule of Law and the Rule of Reason ([link removed])
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Russell Hittinger, Law & Liberty ([link removed])
Rooted in reason rather than will, the rule of law remains a timeless and essential safeguard against the rise of arbitrary power.
** Podcasts
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** Richard Epstein on the Rule of Law ([link removed])
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EconTalk ([link removed])
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** The Unlawful Administrative State: A Conversation with Philip Hamburger ([link removed])
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The Law & Liberty Podcast ([link removed])
** Videos
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** Randy Barnett on Liberty under Law ([link removed])
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Randy Barnett and Mitch Daniels, The Future of Liberty ([link removed])
In this episode of The Future of Liberty, Barnett and Daniels discuss what it's like to be a conservative or libertarian on a liberal college campus, originalism, private property, and more.
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** A Conversation with James M. Buchanan ([link removed])
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The Online Library of Liberty, Intellectual Portrait Series ([link removed])
James M. Buchanan discusses public choice theory, constitutional economics, and the role of liberty in shaping institutions in this episode of The Intellectual Portrait Series.
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