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NATURALORDER
ESSAYS EXPLORINGCIVIL GOVERNMENT
&
THE RULE OF LAW
By
SAUVIK CHAKRAVERTI
“Impenetrability! That’s what I say.”
Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carrol’s
Through The Looking Glass
“There is a crack – A CRACK – in everything,That’s how the light gets in,That’s how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen,
Anthem
T
o Varuna‘Come in,’ she said,‘I’ll give you shelter from the storm.’
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION:The historical setting of this volumeThe Presumption of ‘Natural Order’, and the PrincipalCharacteristics of this Order – including an enunciation of LiberalIdeals1.Primitive Minds: The Anti-Market, Socialist Mentality2.The Origins of the ‘Rule of Law’ in England prior to the MagnaCarta and the Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism3.Charter of Liberties: Constitutionalism and the Magna Carta4.One Square Mile Of Liberty: The Institution of the Lord Mayor of London and the Crucial Role it has played in the Evolution of the Westminster model of Democracy5.Criminal Justice: A Return to Merrie Olde England?6.Little Leviathans: Comments on Recent Indian Monarchies7.Platonic Guardians: Comments on British Colonial Rule byCivilians from a ‘Covenanted Civil Service’8.Modern Challenges – 1:Politics, Democracy & the Rule of Law – including someremarks on the Politician; and with a conclusion on thecontrasting Ideals of Liberalism and Democracy9.Modern Challenges – 2:Sound Money, the Rule of Law and Free Banking10.Modern Challenges – 3:Bureaucracy & Public Administration
12. Government and Society in a Free and ProsperousCommonwealth
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