Introduction： Studying Jurisprudence

Principles and justice

Coherence， rules and illusions

Rights， rules and utility

Part One JUSTICE

1. Utilitarianism

Consequences

Positive view of welfare

Rationality

Liberalism， happiness and preferences

Utility and distribution

Rules and utility

2. Rawls

Introduction

1. Ignoring the distinctness of persons

2. The right and the good

The basic idea of the theory

The difference principle

The first principle of justice

Reflective equilibrium

3. Nozick， Markets and Justice

Markets and equality

Problems of private law

4. Finnis on Objective Goods

Desires and objective goods

Objective goods

Goods and the common good

Objective goods and utilitarianism

Justice

Part Two LAW

5. Hart

Legal positivism

Rules and the internal point of view

Powers and secondary rules

The legal system

Judicial decisions

The errors of rival theories

Rules and formal justice

The shared content of legal systems

Legal obligation and the internal point of view

The ambiguity of legal positivism

6. Dworkin

Rules and principles

Principles and positivism

The rule of recognition and the soundest theory

Discretion and rights

Principles and policies

1. Consistency

2. Democracy

3. Retroactivity

The claims of legal positivism

7. Fuller

Facts， values and purposes

The eight principles

Law and purpose

Internal and external morality

Reciprocity， obligation and the rule of recognition

Part Three RIGHTS

8. The Analysis of Rights

Hohfeld

Correlativity of rights and duties

Will and interest theories

Legal and moral rights

9. The Foundation of Rights

Rights and utility

Rights and freedom

Rights as trumps

Index