Hegel's Laws

William E. Conklin is Professor of Law at the University of Windsor, Ontario. His previous publications include The Invisible Origins of Legal Positivism: A Re-reading of a Tradition (2001), The Phenomenology of Modern Legal Discourse (1998), and Images of a Constitution (1979).

"In an original and stimulating manner, Conklin brings the insights of Anglo-American jurisprudence to bear on Hegel and shows that, properly understood, law expresses the freedom of the person." - David Carlson (Yeshiva University) "This clearly written, accessible account contributes significantly to contemporary debates on legal theory. A variety of audiences will welcome Conklin's original take on the Hegelian corpus." - Michael Salter (University of Central Lancashire)

• Contents Acknowledgmentsxi Key to Abbreviations xiii Introduction: Hegel's Crises1 1. Hegel's Vocabulary000 2. Hegel's Problematic000 3. Hegel's Logic of Freedom000 4. Legal Reasoning000 5. Property, Contract and Crime000 6. Legal Formalism000 7. The Ethicality of an Ethos000 8. The Shapes of the Family Law000 9. The Laws of Civil Society000 10. Constitutional Shapes and the Organic Constitution000 11. Shapes of International Law000 Conclusion000 Notes000 Index000