Did Friedrich Hayek view the Constitution through the lens of originalism? Professor Michael Rappaport, Director of the Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism at the University of San Diego School of Law, discusses Hayek's legal theories and whether or not he's rightly classified as an 'originalist' thinker.

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Learn more about Prof. Michael Rappaport:
https://www.sandiego.edu/law/centers/csco/directory/biography.php?profile_id=2612

 

Related links:

Was Hayek an Originalist?
https://originalismblog.typepad.com/the-originalism-blog/2018/09/two-of-my-academic-interests-one-might-even-call-them-obsessions-have-been-friedrich-hayek-and-originalism-so-it-is.html

 

Differing views:

The Evolution of Rule of Law in Hayek’s Thought, 1935–1955
https://www.mercatus.org/system/files/WP1038_Evolution%20and%20Triumph%20of%20the%20Rule%20of%20Law.pdf

Friedrich A. Hayek, the U.S. Constitution, and Institutional Design
http://arizonastatelawjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Calabresi_Final.pdf

Hayek on Spontaneous Order and Constitutional Design
https://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_15_01_2_boykin.pdf