This volume is designed to meet the needs of the student of legal theory, however it is also intended for scholars. Not only do each of the authors synthesize and articulate the basic concepts of each perspective, they also strive to make an original contribution on each topic.

Part 1, Areas of law: Property, Jeremy Waldron (University of California, Berkeley, USA); Contract, Peter Benson (McGill University, USA); Tort, Stephen Perry (McGill University, USA); Criminal, Leo Katz (University of Pennsylvania, USA); Public International, Philip Bobbitt (University of Texas, USA); Constitutional Law - Speech, Frederick Schauer (Harvard University, USA); Religion, Perry Dane (Rutgers University, USA); Interpretation, Philip Bobbit (University of Texas, USA); Privacy, Anita Allen (Georgetown University Law Center, USA); Equality, Maimon Schwartzschild (University of San Diego, USA); Evidence, John Jackson (University of Sheffield) and Sean Doran ( Queen's University, Belfast); Comparative Law, Richard Hyland (Rutgers University, USA); Legislation (Statutory Interpretation), William Eskridge (Georgetown University Law Center, USA); Conflicts of Law, Perry Dane (Rutgers University, USA). Part II, Contemporary Schools: Natural Law, Brian Bix (Quinnipiac School of Law, USA); Positivism, Jules Coleman (Yale University, USA) and Brian Leiter (University of Texas, USA); Legal Realism, Brian Leiter (University of Texas, USA); Critical Legal Studies, Guyora Binder (SUNY, Buffalo, USA); Post-Realism and Legal Process, Neil Duxbury (University of Manchester); Feminist Legal Theory, Patricia Smith (University of Kentucky, USA); Law and Economics, Jon Hanson (Harvard Law School, USA); Formalism, Ernest Weinrib (University of Toronto, Canada); 19th and 20th Century German, Alexander Somek (Universitat Wien, Germany); Marxism, Alan Hunt (Carleton University, USA); Deconstruction, Jack Balkin (Yale University, USA); Postmodernism, Dennis Patterson (Rutgers University, USA); Legal Pragmatism, Richard Warner (ITT Chicago Kent, USA). Part III, Law and the Disciplines: Law and Anthropology, Rebecca Redwood French (University of Colorado, USA); Social and Political Philosophy, John Stick (Tulane University, USA); Scociology of Law, Mary Baumgartner (William Paterson College, USA); Philosophy of Language, Fred Schauer (Harvard University, USA); Law and Theology, Ed Chase (Rutgers University, USA); Law and Ethics, Roger Shiner (University of Alberta, Canada); Law and Literature, Thomas Morawetz (University of Connecticut, USA). Part IV, Topics: Duty to Obey, M.B.E. Smith (Smith College, USA); Legal Enforcement of Morality, Kent Greenawalt (Columbia University, USA); Indeterminacy, Larry Solum (Loyola Law School, USA); Precedent, Larry Alexander (University of San Diego, USA); Punishment and Responsibility, George Fletcher (Columbia University, USA); Loyalty, George Fletcher (Columbia University, USA); Coherence, Ken Kress (University of Iowa, USA); Law and the Welfare State, Sanford Levinson (University of Texas, USA); Legal Scholarship, Ed Rubin (Univesity of California, Berkeley, USA); Authority, Vince Wellman (Wayne State University Law School, USA); Analogical Reasoning, Jeff White (University of Maine, USA).