 Contents:
1. What is jurisprudence about?
2. Natural law and moral truth
3. The command theory of law
4. Utilitarianism and the economic analysis of law
5. Punishment
6. Kelson's pure theory of law
7. Legal concepts
8. Legal realism and critical legal studies
9. Hart's concept of law
10. Freedom and the enforcement of morals
11. The morality of law and the rule of law
12. Statutory interpretation
13. Precedent
14. Dworkin's rights thesis
15. Legal reasoning
16. The duty to obey the law
17. The historical school and non-state law
18. Sociological jurisprudence
19. Law, social theory and Marxist jurisprudence
20. Justice: liberal, communitarian and feminist
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