B. Sharon Byrd is Professor at the School of Law, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena. She is the author of an Introduction to Anglo-American Law I, 2nd edition (2001) and the co-editor, with Joachim Hruschka, of Kant and Law (2006). Joachim Hruschka is Professor at the School of Law, University of Erlangen. He is the author of Strafrecht nach logisch-analytischer Methode (1983, 1988) and of a number of articles on Kant's philosophy of law.

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• Introduction and methods of interpretation; 1. The idea of the juridical state and the postulate of public law; 2. The state of nature and the three leges; Appendix. Iustitia tutatrix, iustitia commutativa, and iustitia distributiva and their differences; 3. The right to freedom; 4. The permissive law in the Doctrine of Right; 5. The external mine and thine; 6. Intelligible possession of land; 7. The 'state in the idea'; 8. The state in reality; 9. International and cosmopolitan law; 10. The 'idea of public law' and its limits; 11. Contract law I. Why must I keep my promise?; 12. Contract law II. Kant's table of contracts; 13. Criminal punishment; 14. The human being as a person; Appendix I. On the logic of 'ought' implies 'can'; Appendix II. The system of rules of imputation; Bibliography; Index.

B. Sharon Byrd is Professor at the School of Law, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena. She is the author of an Introduction to Anglo-American Law I, 2nd edition (2001) and the co-editor, with Joachim Hruschka, of Kant and Law (2006). Joachim Hruschka is Professor at the School of Law, University of Erlangen. He is the author of Strafrecht nach logisch-analytischer Methode (1983, 1988) and of a number of articles on Kant's philosophy of law.

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• Introduction and methods of interpretation; 1. The idea of the juridical state and the postulate of public law; 2. The state of nature and the three leges; Appendix. Iustitia tutatrix, iustitia commutativa, and iustitia distributiva and their differences; 3. The right to freedom; 4. The permissive law in the Doctrine of Right; 5. The external mine and thine; 6. Intelligible possession of land; 7. The 'state in the idea'; 8. The state in reality; 9. International and cosmopolitan law; 10. The 'idea of public law' and its limits; 11. Contract law I. Why must I keep my promise?; 12. Contract law II. Kant's table of contracts; 13. Criminal punishment; 14. The human being as a person; Appendix I. On the logic of 'ought' implies 'can'; Appendix II. The system of rules of imputation; Bibliography; Index.

B. Sharon Byrd is Professor at the School of Law, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena. She is the author of an Introduction to Anglo-American Law I, 2nd edition (2001) and the co-editor, with Joachim Hruschka, of Kant and Law (2006). Joachim Hruschka is Professor at the School of Law, University of Erlangen. He is the author of Strafrecht nach logisch-analytischer Methode (1983, 1988) and of a number of articles on Kant's philosophy of law.

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• Introduction and methods of interpretation; 1. The idea of the juridical state and the postulate of public law; 2. The state of nature and the three leges; Appendix. Iustitia tutatrix, iustitia commutativa, and iustitia distributiva and their differences; 3. The right to freedom; 4. The permissive law in the Doctrine of Right; 5. The external mine and thine; 6. Intelligible possession of land; 7. The 'state in the idea'; 8. The state in reality; 9. International and cosmopolitan law; 10. The 'idea of public law' and its limits; 11. Contract law I. Why must I keep my promise?; 12. Contract law II. Kant's table of contracts; 13. Criminal punishment; 14. The human being as a person; Appendix I. On the logic of 'ought' implies 'can'; Appendix II. The system of rules of imputation; Bibliography; Index.