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It is said where there is no law there is no liberty. Give your view on this statement.

  • UPSC 2011
  • Western Political Thought

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The saying comes from John Locke's Second Treatise of Government (1689, §57): where there is no law, there is no freedom. It denies that law and liberty are opposites. My view: the statement is true of law understood as general, public and reasoned rule, false of law as mere command. Liberty needs law, but not…

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  • Why Law Is the Condition of Liberty
  • Why the Statement Needs Qualification
  • The Indian Experience
  • My View
  • Conclusion
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