This book advances a new theory of why nationalism emerged in the modern world. In particular it explains why nationalism and economic development are closely linked, and why warfare plays a crucial role in the spread of the nation-state system. It is based on qualitative and quantitative...

1. Why the ‘Rule of Law’ -- 2. Spontaneous Order -- 3. The British Intellectual Inheritance -- 4. The English Legal Inheritance -- 5. A.V. Dicey -- 6. The Vanishing of the ‘Rule of Law’ -- 7. Rediscovery of the ‘Rule of Law’ in Hayek -- 8. Oakeshott