Roger Cotterrell LLD, MSc (Soc), Professor of Legal Theory, University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College

• 1. Legal philosophy in context ; 2. The theory of common law ; 3. Sovereign and subject: Bentham and Austin ; 4. Analytical jurisprudence and liberal democracy: Hart and Kelson ; 5. The appeal of natural law ; 6. The problem of the creative judge: Pound and Dworkin ; 7. Scepticism and realism ; 8. A jursiprudence of difference: class, gender and race ; 9. The deconstruction and reconstruction of law ; Index

"Both a useful introduction for law students and a valuable and provative contribution to scholarship in the field...Cotterrell is one of the rare scholars who can discuss difficult ideas and arguments in a way fully accessible even to those new to theory".

Roger Cotterrell LLD, MSc (Soc), Professor of Legal Theory, University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College

• 1. Legal philosophy in context ; 2. The theory of common law ; 3. Sovereign and subject: Bentham and Austin ; 4. Analytical jurisprudence and liberal democracy: Hart and Kelson ; 5. The appeal of natural law ; 6. The problem of the creative judge: Pound and Dworkin ; 7. Scepticism and realism ; 8. A jursiprudence of difference: class, gender and race ; 9. The deconstruction and reconstruction of law ; Index

"Both a useful introduction for law students and a valuable and provative contribution to scholarship in the field...Cotterrell is one of the rare scholars who can discuss difficult ideas and arguments in a way fully accessible even to those new to theory".

Roger Cotterrell LLD, MSc (Soc), Professor of Legal Theory, University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College

• 1. Legal philosophy in context ; 2. The theory of common law ; 3. Sovereign and subject: Bentham and Austin ; 4. Analytical jurisprudence and liberal democracy: Hart and Kelson ; 5. The appeal of natural law ; 6. The problem of the creative judge: Pound and Dworkin ; 7. Scepticism and realism ; 8. A jursiprudence of difference: class, gender and race ; 9. The deconstruction and reconstruction of law ; Index

"Both a useful introduction for law students and a valuable and provative contribution to scholarship in the field...Cotterrell is one of the rare scholars who can discuss difficult ideas and arguments in a way fully accessible even to those new to theory".