Contents:
Acknowledgements vii;
Series preface ix;
Introduction xi;
PART I: Classical Natural Law Theory:
1. Natural law and legal reasoning, John Finnis;
2. The 'natural law tradition', John Finnis;
3. Natural law jurisprudence, Mark C. Murphy;
4. On the dividing line between natural law theory and legal positivism, Brian Bix;
PART II: The Separability Thesis:
5. Positivism and the separation of law and morals,
6. H.L.A. Hart; What is the pure theory of law, Hans Kelsen;
7. Moral aspects of legal theory, David Lyons;
8. About morality and the nature of law, Joseph Raz.
PART III: Constructive Interpretivism:
9. Law as interpretation, Ronald Dworkin;
10. Dworkin: a new link in the chain, Joseph Raz;
11. On reason and authority in law's empire, John Finnis ;
12. Trouble in law's empire: rethinking Dworkin's 3rd theory of law, Kenneth Einar Himma.
PART IV: Inclusive Legal Positivism:
13. Authority, law and morality, Joseph Raz;
14. On Hart's way out, Scott J. Shapiro;
15. Incorporationism, conventionality and the practical difference thesis, Jules L. Coleman
PARTV: Morality and Conceptual Methodology:
16. On the nature of law, Joseph Raz;
17. Beyond the Hart/Dworkin debate: the methodology problem in jurisprudence, Brian Leiter;
18. Hart's methodological positivism, Stephen R. Perry;
19. Raz on necessity, Brian H. Bix;
Name index.