CHAPTER 1: THEORY OF SCIENCE AND THEORY OF LAW 1
Synopsis&BERT C. van ROERMUND 1
Recent Trends in the Philosophy of Science&BENGT HANSSON 5
Legal Dogmatics as a Scientific Paradigm&ENRIQUE ZULETA PUCEIRO 13
Paradigms in Legal Dogmatics Towards a Theory of Change and Progress in Legal Science&AULIS AARNIO 25
Pragmatic Metatheory for Legal Science&MATTI SINTONEN 39
On Making Implicit Methodologies Explicit&OTTO KAMSTRA/FRANK KUNNEMAN 53
CHAPTER 2: ONTOLOGY AND EPISTOMOLOGY IN LEGAL SCIENCE 67
Synopsis&BERT C. van ROERMUND 67
Ought, Reasons, Motivation, and the Unity of the Social Sciences: The Meta-theory of the Ought-Is Problem&HECTOR-NERI CASTANEDA 71
Legal Data. An Essay about the Ontology of Law&ALEKSANDER PECZENIK 97
Pluralis Juris&STIG J？？RGENSEN 121
Changes of Paradigm in the Law&JAN M. BROEKMAN 133
Legal Norms: a Transformational Approach&BERT C. van ROERMUND 145
Epistemology and Validity in Law&JACQUES LENOBLE 163
Is Law a System of Enactments?&CSABA VARGA 175
The Concept of "Fact" in the Physical Sciences and in Law&W.H. BALEKJIAN 183
CHAPTER 3: OBJECTIVITY AND RATIONALITY OF LEGAL JUSTIFICATION 189
Synopsis&ALEKSANDER PECZENIK 189
Objectivity in the Social&GORAN HERMEREN Sciences 195
Objectivity and Rationality in Lawyer's Reasoning&OTA WEINBERGER 217
Coherence in Legal Justification&NEIL MACCORMICK 235
Paradigms of Justifying Legal Decisions&JERZY WROBLEWSKI 253
Monism, Pluralism, Relativism and Right Answers in the Law&SHELDON L. LEADER 275
Discovery and Justification in Science and Law&MARTIN P. GOLDING 295
Reasons and Causes in Connection with Judicial Decisions&GUNNAR BERGHOLTZ 307
CHAPTER 4: TECHNICAL RATIONALITY IN THE LAW 315
Synopsis&ALEKSANDER PECZENIK 315
Legal Rationality Among Different Types of Rationality&MAREK ZIRK-SADOWSKI 319
Paradigms of Legal Research; Empirical Science and Legal Dogmatics&AART HENDRIK DE WILD 335
Goal Reasons in Common Law Cases - Are They Predictive?&ROBERT S. SUMMERS 345
Teleological Construction of Statutes&PER OLOF EKELOF 357
Reason, Law and History&ENRICO PATTARO 363
The Rule of Law in Legal Reasoning&MATS MATTSSON 373
CHAPTER 5: SOME SPECIAL TOPICS CONCERNING RATIONALITY AND LEGITIMACY IN THE LAW 383
Synopsis&ALEKSANDER PECZENIK 383
An Ubiquitous Paralogism in Legal Thinking&ALEJO DE CERVERA 385
Power of Tolerance - On the Legitimacy of a Legal System&MATS FLODIN 401
Sir Edward Coke's Legal Conservatism&ROLAND SCHOTT 413
Popper's Criterion of Refutability in the Legal Context&YEMIMA BEN-MENAHEM/HANINA BEN-MENAHEM 425
CHAPTER 6: CRITICISM AND DEVELOPMENTS IN PARTICULAR AREAS OF THE LAW: PROPERTY, CONTRACTS, AND TORTS 437
Synopsis&LARS LINDAHL 437
Theory Choice and Contract Law&MARSHA P. HANEN 441
Trends in Legal Science Relating to Contracts and Torts&JAN HELLNER 455
The Economics of Trade Laws&GORAN SKOGH 469
CHAPTER 7: INTERDISCIPLINARY BRIDGES BETWEEN LEGAL RESEARCH AND OTHER SCIENCES 483
Synopsis&ALEKSANDER PECZENIK 483
On Bridging the So-Called Gap Between Normative Legal Dogmatics and Empirical-Theoretical Social Science&J？？RGEN DALBERG-LARSEN 487
Towards an Interdisciplinary Theory of Law&FRANCOIS OST/MICHEL van de KERCHOVE 497
Legal Science and Hermeneutic Point of View&VITTORIO VILLA 509
Legal Theory and Social Science&HUBERT ROTTLEUTHNER 521
Integration Between Legal Research and Social Science&KAZIMIERZ OPA？？EK 531
CHAPTER 8: ANALYSIS OF LEGAL NORMS AND JURISTIC PROPOSITIONS 551
Synopsis&LARS LINDAHL 551
Karl Olivecrona's Theory of Legal Rules as Independent Imperatives&JAN EVERS 553
Norms of Competence in Scandinavian Jurisprudence&TORE STROMBERG 559
A Tentative Analysis of Two Juristic Sentences&RICCARDO GUASTINI 571
CHAPTER 9: LOGICAL AND PREFERENCE-THEORETICAL STRUCTURES IN THE LAW 583
Synopsis&LARS LINDAHL 583
Automated Analysis of Legislation&ANTONIO A. MARTINO/CARLO BIAGIOLl/PAOLO MARIANI BIAGINI/GILBERTO DINI/FIORENZA SOCCI NATALI/ DANIELA TISCORNIA 587
Rights and Practical Possibilities&B. GHITA E. HOLMSTROM 607
Requirements, Urgency, and Worth&LARS LINDAHL 617
The Property Right of Sweden Today - Or a Requiem over an Outdated Way of Argueing&CARL MARTIN R00S 639
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 649
INDEX OF NAMES 653