Freedom and the rule of law

Abstract

My previous work on freedom has elaborated an account of negative liberty. That account differs not only from rival conceptions of negative liberty, but also from various expositions of other types of freedom. An adequate understanding of the relationship between negative liberty and the rule of law must involve an understanding of those other types of freedom. Having explored those alternative varieties of freedom as well as negative liberty itself, we shall then be in a position to judge some recent claims about intrinsic connections between the rule of law and the ideal of liberty