Preface Chapter One Legal Theory and Legal Methodology 1. What Is Jurisprudence7 2. Why Study Jurisprudence7 3. Controversy over Legal Methods 3.1 The rejection of method 3.2 Methodological heteronomy 3.3 Methodological autonomy 3.4 Summary and conclusion Review Questions Chapter Two Legal Positivism: An Overview 1. A Basic Definition 1.1 Meaning 1.2 Classification 1.3 Approach 1.4 Challenge 2. Two Disputes 2.1 The conceptual dispute over validity and obligation 2.2 The empirical dispute about resisting evil law 3. Three Theses 3.1 The validity thesis 3.2 The separation thesis 3.3 The legal obligation thesis Review Questions Chapter Three: Jeremy Bentham and Utilitarian Jurisprudence 1. Introduction 2. Bentham' s Principle of Utility 3. Utilitarianism: Bentham and Mill Compared 4. Bentham' s Theory of Law 4.1 The definition of law 4.2 In search of determinacy 4.3 Codification 4.4 Crime and punishment Review Questions Chapter Four: John Austin and the Theory of Command 1. Introduction 2. General Jurisprudence 3. Concept of a Legal System 4. Definition of Law 4.1 Commands 4.2 Sanctions 4.3 Sovereignty 4.4 Brief comments 5. Judicial Legislation 6. Criticism Review Questions Chapter Five:H. k. A. Hart and the Theory of Rules 1. Introduction 2. Hart' s Position : An Overview 3. Law as the Union of Primary and Secondary R.ules 3.1 Primary rules 3.2 Secondary rules 4. Rule of Recognition 5. Internal Point of View 6. The Existence of a Legal System 7. The Minimum Content of Natural Law 8. Criticisms 8.1 Against the internal/external aspects of law 8.2 Against rule of recognition Review Questions Chapter Six:Hans Kelsen and His Pure Theory of Law 1. Introduction 2. Rejection of Natural Law Theory 3. Jurisprudential Methodology 3.1 The neo-Kantian approach 3.2 The categorical dichotomy of ' Is' and ' Ought' 3.3 The regressive approach 4. Kelsen's Theoretical Position: An Overview 5. Elements of the Pure Theory of Law 5.1 Positivism …… Chapter Seven: Joseph Raz and the Authority of Law Chapter Eight: Jules Coleman and Legal Positivism Chapter Nine: Natural Law Theory, An Overview Chapter Ten: John Finnis and the New Natural Law Theory Chapter Eleven: Lon Fuller and the Morality of Law Chapter Twelve: Ronald Dworkin and Law as Integrity Chapter Thirteen: John Rawls and His Theory of Justice Chapter Fourteen: Robert Nozick and the Theory of Entitlement Chapter Fifteen: Richard Posner and Economic Analysis of Law Chapter Sixteen:Sociology of Law Chapter Seventeen: Legal Realism Chapter Eighteen: Historical Jurisprudence Chapter Nineteen: Robert Unger and Critical Legal Studies Chapter Twenty: Feminist Legal Theory Acknowledgements
