Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory

Dennis Patterson is Professor of Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and is Board of Governors Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law (Camden, NJ). He is also Professor of Jurisprudence and International Trade at Swansea University, Wales. He has written widely in the philosophy of law and international trade law. His books include Law and Truth (1996), Mind, Meaning and Law (2008), and most recently The New Global Trading Order (2008) with Ari Afilalo.

"This is an outstanding collection of essays on the most important, fundamental concepts of law and legal theory.... Recommended for any undergraduate student in this area or for any thinking person who wants to know more about the law and its reasons for being." (M/C Reviews, February 2011)

• List of Contributors xiPreface xivIntroduction 1Part I: Areas of Law 71 Property Law 9Jeremy Waldron2 Contract 29Peter Benson3 Tort Law 64Stephen R. Perry4 Criminal Law 90Leo Katz5 Public International Law 103Philip Bobbitt6 Constitutional Law and Religion 119Perry Dane7 Constitutional Law and Interpretation 132Philip Bobbitt8 Constitutional Law and Privacy 145Anita L. Allen9 Constitutional Law and Equality 160Maimon Schwarzschild10 Evidence 177John Jackson and Sean Doran11 Interpretation of Statutes 188William N. Eskridge, Jr.12 Confl ict of Laws 197Perry DanePart II: Contemporary Schools and Perspectives 20913 Natural Law Theory 211Brian Bix14 Legal Positivism 228Jules L. Coleman and Brian Leiter15 American Legal Realism 249Brian Leiter16 Critical Legal Studies 267Guyora Binder17 Postrealism and Legal Process 279Neil Duxbury18 Feminist Jurisprudence 290Patricia Smith19 Law and Economics 299Jon Hanson, Kathleen Hanson, and Melissa Hart20 Legal Formalism 327Ernest J. Weinrib21 German Legal Philosophy and Theory in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 339Alexander Somek22 Marxist Theory of Law 350Alan Hunt23 Deconstruction 361Jack M. Balkin24 Law and Society 368Brian Z. Tamanaha25 Postmodernism 381Dennis Patterson26 Kantian Legal Philosophy 392Arthur Ripstein27 Legal Pragmatism 406Richard WarnerPart III: Topics and Disciplines 41528 Law and Its Normativity 417Roger A. Shiner29 Law and Literature 446Thomas Morawetz30 The Duty to Obey the Law 457M. B. E. Smith31 Legal Enforcement of Morality 467Kent Greenawalt32 Indeterminacy 479Lawrence B. Solum33 Precedent 493Larry Alexander34 Punishment and Responsibility 504George P. Fletcher35 Loyalty 513George P. Fletcher36 Coherence 521Ken Kress37 The Welfare State 539Sanford Levinson38 Legal Scholarship 548Edward L. Rubin39 Authority of Law 559Vincent A. Wellman40 Analogical Reasoning 571Jefferson White41 Risk 578John Oberdiek42 Regulatory Theory 590Matthew D. Adler43 Methodology 607Andrew Halpin44 Overcriminalization 621Douglas Husak45 Intention 632Kimberly Kessler Ferzan46 Coercion 642Grant Lamond47 Unjust Enrichment 654Ernest J. Weinrib48 The Ideal of the Rule of Law 666Andrei MarmorIndex 675