Roger Berkowitz is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Studies and Human Rights at Bard College.

This is a remarkably courageous book because it unwaveringly stays with fundamental questions about the nature of justice, without allowing issues of law, fairness, efficiency or legitimacy to serve as adequate substitutes for pursuing such questions. Berkowitz's intellectual courage is supported by a superb intelligence and a wide-ranging erudition.

• Preface Note on Terminology Introduction. Legal Codification, Positive Law, and the Question of Science Part I: From Insight to Science: Leibniz's Scientific Foundation of Justice Introduction 1. Beyond Geometry: Leibniz and the Science of Law 2. The Force of Law: Will 3. Leibniz's "Systema Iuris" Conclusion Part II: The Allgemeine Landrecht: From Recht to Gesetz Introduction 4. From the Gesetzbuch to the Landrecht: The ALR and the Triumph of Legality 5. The Rule of Law: The Crown Prince Lectures and the Grounding of Legality in Order and Security

Roger Berkowitz is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Studies and Human Rights at Bard College.

This is a remarkably courageous book because it unwaveringly stays with fundamental questions about the nature of justice, without allowing issues of law, fairness, efficiency or legitimacy to serve as adequate substitutes for pursuing such questions. Berkowitz's intellectual courage is supported by a superb intelligence and a wide-ranging erudition.

• Preface Note on Terminology Introduction. Legal Codification, Positive Law, and the Question of Science Part I: From Insight to Science: Leibniz's Scientific Foundation of Justice Introduction 1. Beyond Geometry: Leibniz and the Science of Law 2. The Force of Law: Will 3. Leibniz's "Systema Iuris" Conclusion Part II: The Allgemeine Landrecht: From Recht to Gesetz Introduction 4. From the Gesetzbuch to the Landrecht: The ALR and the Triumph of Legality 5. The Rule of Law: The Crown Prince Lectures and the Grounding of Legality in Order and Security

Roger Berkowitz is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Studies and Human Rights at Bard College.

This is a remarkably courageous book because it unwaveringly stays with fundamental questions about the nature of justice, without allowing issues of law, fairness, efficiency or legitimacy to serve as adequate substitutes for pursuing such questions. Berkowitz's intellectual courage is supported by a superb intelligence and a wide-ranging erudition.

• Preface Note on Terminology Introduction. Legal Codification, Positive Law, and the Question of Science Part I: From Insight to Science: Leibniz's Scientific Foundation of Justice Introduction 1. Beyond Geometry: Leibniz and the Science of Law 2. The Force of Law: Will 3. Leibniz's "Systema Iuris" Conclusion Part II: The Allgemeine Landrecht: From Recht to Gesetz Introduction 4. From the Gesetzbuch to the Landrecht: The ALR and the Triumph of Legality 5. The Rule of Law: The Crown Prince Lectures and the Grounding of Legality in Order and Security