Introduction 1
PART ONE: THE DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF LAW 5
Section A: Internal perspectives 5
Chapter 1. 'Law' as seen by the ordinary person 5
Chapter 2. 'Law' - The view from the judge's bench 56
Chapter 3. 'Law' as predicted by the 'bad man' 93
Section B: External perspectives 115
Chapter 4. The domestic legal system: A cybernetic analysis 115
Chapter 5. The domestic legal system: Computerization of the judicial decision 155
Chapter 6. The international legal system: The relation of theory to practice 180
Chapter 7. The international legal system: The relation of law to the behavior of nations 202
PART TWO: THE NORMATIVE ANALYSIS OF LAW 221
Section A: Justice 221
Chapter 8. The death of Socrates and ultimate legal obligation 228
Chapter 9. Rawls' theory of justice and international society 259
Chapter 10. Power, law, and society 277
Section B: Morality 285
Chapter 11. The conflict between legal and moral obligation: The 'bad Samaritan' paradigm 287
Chapter 12. The case of the Speluncean explorers: Further proceedings 304
Index 329