Geddis on Liberty and the Rule of Law @otago

Andrew Geddis, University of Otago Faculty of Law, is publishing Liberty and the Rule of Law in A Cultural History of Democracy in the Age of Empire (2020). Here is the abstract.

During the "Age of Empire" (1800-1920), the concepts of "Liberty" and the "Rule of Law" were subject to various contested understandings or "visions". This chapter examines how these visions were reflected through different cultural outputs, ranging across literature, painting, music and cartoons.

Download the essay from SSRN at the link.