Readership: Scholars and students of jurisprudence, legal theory and legal, social and political philosophy.
Neil MacCormick, Formerly Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations, the University of Edinburgh
"" - Joe Thomson, Edinburgh Law Review, Vol 13, 2009
"Its erudite elegance means that it will serve as an excellent introduction to jurisprudence for undergraduates, as well as providing a major contribution to legal philosophy. MacCormick reaffirms the dialectic between the universal and the particular." - James Lee, University of Birmingham, Jurisprudence
1: Prologue 2: Rhetoric and the Rule of Law 3: The Legal Syllogism 4: Defending Deduction 5: Universalising Deduction 6: Judging by Consequences 7: Being Reasonable 8: Arguing About Interpretation 9: Using Precedents 10: Legal Narratives 11: Principles, Consistency and Coherence 12: Arguing Defeasibly 13: Judging Mistakenly
