Isonomy

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Isonomy (isonomia) is the legal concept that all citizens of a nation are subject to the same laws. The term is derived from Greek "iso-" meaning "equal" and "nomos" meaning "law". In ancient Athens the term was sometimes used by Cleisthenes and others in today's meaning of democracy, the word democracy having rather negative connotations in those times.

The public administration theorist, Alberto Guerreiro Ramos, reserved for isonomy a central role in his model of human organization. He was particularly concerned with distinguishing the space of the isonomy from that of the economy. Following Hannah Arendt, Guerreiro Ramos argued that individuals should have the opportunity to engage with others in settings that are unaffected by economizing considerations. The isonomy constitutes such a setting; its function is to "enhance the good life of the whole."[1]

Austrian Economist F.A. Hayek regarded the maintenance of isonomic law as one of the necessary conditions for freedom in his influential book The Constitution of Liberty.

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  1. ↑ Guerreiro Ramos, A. (1981). The new science of organizations: A reconceptualization of the wealth of nations. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 131.
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