Conceptual Jurisprudence (Paperback)

Introduction: The Questions of Conceptual Jurisprudence.- Part I. Methodological Questions.- On the Concept of the Concept of Law.- Re-evaluating the Value Neutral Approach.- TBD.- TBD.- Part II. The Legal System as a Conceptual Tool.- A Positivist Formulation of the Legal System.- The Concept of Legal System Revisited.- The Good, The Bad and the Puzzled: Coercion and Compliance.- TBD.- Part III. Law, Morality, and Normativity.- Hard Cases and Legal Validity: Hart’s Insights on the Internal Normativity of Law.- Is Hart’s Theory a form of Inclusive Legal Positivism?.- Between Authority and Interpretation.- The positivist account of lawyer’s role: legal ethics and the concept of law.- Law, Coordination Problems and Economy.- Part IV. New Theoretical Approaches to Conceptual Jurisprudence.- Law as an Expression of Adopted Justice.- A Dilemma for Shapiro and Plunkett.- Law’s Virtual Empire: The Law-Game Analogy in the 21st Century.- Complex Legal Constructivism.