J. Williams 
Liberalism and the Limits of Power 

This book provides the first critical assessment of important recent developments in Anglo-American liberal theorizing about limited government. Following a comparative study of canonical liberal philosophers Hayek and Rawls, the book reveals a new direction for conceptualizing limited government in the twenty-first century, highlighting the central role that democratic politics – rather than philosophical principles – should play in determining the uses and limits of state power in a liberal regime. Williams draws on recent scholarship in the field of democratic theory and cultural studies in arguing for a shift in the ways liberals approach the study of politics.

Table of Content

Limited Government in the Liberal Tradition Liberalism Confronts the Welfare State Liberalism and the Justice of Limits Liberalism’s Legislative Renaissance Liberalism in the Age of Reality TV A Liberal Future for Privacy Doctrine?

About the author

JULIET A. WILLIAMS is Assistant Professor in the Law and Society and Women’s Studies Programmes at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.