The way languages resist attempts by central authorities such
as national academies to regulate them illustrates what Hayek
means by “spontaneous order.”
In his Law, Legislation and Liberty, he discusses the evolution of British common law in similar
terms. He argues that common law judges do not make the law;
rather they discover and articulate the principles and rules of
conduct that human beings develop gradually over the years on
their own in the course of their social interaction. The economic
marketplace itself is Hayek’s primary example of spontaneous
order, involving unregulated and apparently chaotic activity that
nevertheless results in a deeper and more complex order than
any individual or set of individuals would be able to plan in
advance.
Source —LITERATURE AND THE ECONOMICS OF LIBERTY: SPONTANEOUS ORDER IN CULTURE
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