and interpretation / Philip Bobbitt -- 8. Constitutional law and privacy / Anita L. Allen -- 9. Constitutional law and equality / Maimon Schwarzschild -- 10. Evidence / John Jackson and Sean Doran -- 11. Comparative law / Richard Hyland -- 12. Interpretation of statutes / William N. Eskridge, Jr. -- 13. Conflict of laws / Perry Dane -- 14. Natural law theory / Brian Bix -- 15. Legal positivism / Jules L. Coleman and Brian Leiter -- 16. Legal realism / Brian Leiter -- 17. Critical legal studies / Guyora Binder -- 18. Post-realism and legal process / Neil Duxbury -- 19. Feminist jurisprudence / Patricia Smith -- 20. Law and economics / Jon D. Hanson and Melissa R. Hart -- 21. Legal formalism / Ernest J. Weinrib. 22. German legal philosophy and theory in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Alexander Somek -- 23. Marxist theory of law / Alan Hunt -- 24. Deconstruction / J. M. Balkin -- 25. Postmodernism / Dennis Patterson -- 26. Legal pragmatism / Richard Warner -- 27. Law and anthropology / Rebecca Redwood French -- 28. The sociology of law / M. P. Baumgartner -- 29. Law and theology / Edward Chase -- 30. Law and morality / Roger A. Shiner -- 31. Law and literature / Thomas Morawetz -- 32. The duty to obey the law / M. B. E. Smith -- 33. Legal enforcement of morality / Kent Greenawalt -- 34. Indeterminacy / Lawrence B. Solum -- 35. Precedent / Larry Alexander -- 36. Punishment and responsibility / George P. Fletcher -- 37. Loyalty / George P. Fletcher -- 38. Coherence / Ken Kress -- 39. The welfare state / Sanford Levinson -- 40. Legal scholarship / Edward L. Rubin -- 41. Authority of law / Vincent A. Wellman -- 42. Analogical reasoning / Jefferson White.

This outstanding volume provides a vital resource for students and researchers in philosophy of law and legal theory - a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the theories, topics, subjects, and discourses that now feature in the law school and undergraduate legal studies curricula. Written by an international assembly of leading scholars, each of the 45 newly commissioned articles takes the reader through the basic theoretical concepts, problems, theories, and themes of contemporary legal theory. While the text is written as a guide for the uninitiated, the authors advance new positions, making original and substantial contributions to the field. Taken as a whole, the volume provides an unparalleled work of reference for teaching and research in philosophy of law, jurisprudence, legal theory, and legal studies.