Ⅰ. Introduction 1
Ⅱ. Deductive Justification 19
Ⅲ. Deductive Justification—Presuppositions and Limits 53
Ⅳ. The Constraint of Formal Justice 73
Ⅴ. Second-Order Justification 100
Ⅵ. Consequentialist Arguments 129
Ⅶ. The Requirement of 'Coherence': Principles and Analogies 152
Ⅷ. The Requirement of Consistency and the Problem of Interpretation: Clear Cases and Hard Cases 195
Ⅸ. Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory 229
Excursus 259
Ⅹ. Law, Morality, and the Limits of Practical Reason 265
Appendix: On the 'Internal Aspect' of Norms 275
Index of Statutes Cited 293
General Index 294