Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction viii

Guided tour x

Chapter 1: The nature and scope of jurisprudence 1

Chapter 2: Rights and justice 15

Chapter 3: Law and morality 33

Chapter 4: Classical and modern natural law 47

Chapter 5: Classical and modern legal positivism 63

Chapter 6: Legal realism 81

Chapter 7: Sociological jurisprudence 97

Chapter 8: Critical legal studies 115

And finally, before the exam . . . 135

Glossary of terms 149

Index 158