SCRUTON DISCOVERED THE COMMON LAW (AS DID HAYEK AND WEBER) —-Scruton took the

SCRUTON DISCOVERED THE COMMON LAW (AS DID HAYEK AND WEBER)

—-Scruton took the opportunity to study law and “discovered … the answer to Foucault” in the common law of England, which he took as proof “that there is a real distinction between legitimate and illegitimate power, that power can exist without oppression, and that authority is a living force in human conduct.”—

But does anyone grasp that the common law, voluntary exchange and property rights form a calculable, not rational, set of operations?