PART ONE INTRODUCTORY 3
1 Legal Order and Anarchy.The Problem of Predictability 3
PART TWO SOURCES OF LEGAL RULES 29
2 Sources of Rules: Legal Orders 29
3 A Sketch of the World’s Legal Orders.Contemporary Legal Geography 32
PART THREE TYPES OF LEGAL RULES 45
4 Custom 45
5 The Custom of the Courts—Judicial Precedent 65
6 Legislation—Custom of Parliament 99
7 Legislation and Sovereignty—John Austin’s Theory 127
PART FOUR TYPES OF LEGAL ORDERS 143
8 International Law as a Basis of World Order 143
9 Co-Existence of Legal Orders: Some Devices to Prevent Clashes 163
10 Codified Legal Orders 173
11 The Unification of Law 196
12 Incompleteness of Codes 218
PART FIVE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES AND THEIR PROTECTIONBY LAW: HUMAN RIGHTS 241
13 Human Rights 241
14 The Problem of Stating Human Rights 258
15 An English Anticipation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 263
16 Analysis of Human Rights and Duties 288
17 Property 303
18 Personality 314
PART SIX SUPPLEMENTING AND APPLYING LEGAL RULES 349
19 Justice and Equity 349
20 Punishment and Justice 426
21 The Limits of Obedience to Laws 444
22 Conclusions 453
Appendix Ⅰ Declaration by the Lord Chancellor on Precedent 457
Appendix Ⅱ The Race Relations Act 1965 458
Index 459