CHAPTER1 LAW IN BOOKS, LAW AND REALITY: A COMPARATIVE LAW PERSPECTIVE 1
CHAPTER2 LAW OUT OF CONTEXT 13
CHAPTER3 MOSES AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 41
CHAPTER4 TWO GOSPEL VIGNETTES: JESUS AND THE SAMARITAN WOMAN； JESUS AND THE ADULTERESS 57
CHAPTER5 PRIVATE LAW, RELIGION, AND INTERNATIONAL LAW IN EARLY ROME 83
CHAPTER6 ARTIFICIALITY, REALITY AND ROMAN CONTRACT LAW 101
CHAPTER7 JUSTINIAN’S CORPUS IURIS CIVILIS: ODDITIES OF LEGAL DEVELOPMENT； AND HUMAN CIVILIZATION 117
CHAPTER8 JUSTIN IAN’S NATURAL LAW AND ITS SPANISH LEGACY 125
CHAPTER9 HAINING’S CASE 135
CHAPTER10 THE FAILURE OF SCOTTISH LEGAL EDUCATION IN THE 17TH CENTURY, AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 145
CHAPTER11 LORD MANSFIELD: JUDICIAL INTEGRITY OR ITS LACK； SOMERSET’S CASE 169
CHAPTER12 CHANCELLOR KENT’S USE OF FOREIGN LAW 185
CHAPTER13 FOREIGN LEGAL THINKING 209
CHAPTER14 THE CULTURE OF JUDGES 233
CHAPTER15 THE LAW OF DELICT AND QUASI DELICT IN THE FRENCH CIVIL CODE 271
CHAPTER16 THE JUSTICE OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION 299
EPILOGUE:JULIUS CAESAR； DESCENDANT OF A SLAVE? 311