The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law brings together specially commissioned essays by twenty-seven of the foremost legal theorists currently writing to provide a state of the art overview of jurisprudential scholarship. Each author presents an account of the contending views and scholarly debates animating their field of enquiry as well as setting the agenda for further study. This landmark publication is essential reading for all legal scholars.

• Notes on the Contributors


• 1: John Finnis: Natural Law: The Classical Tradition


• 2: Brian H. Bix: Natural Law: The Modern Tradition


• 3: Andrei Marmor: Exclusive Legal Positivism


• 4: Kenneth Eimar Himma: Inclusive Legal Positivism


• 5: Martin Stone: Formalism


• 6: William Lucy: Adjudication


• 7: Kent Greenawalt: Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation


• 8: Jules L. Coleman: Methodology


• 9: Jeremy Waldron: Legal and Political Philosophy


• 10: Scott J. Shapiro: Authority


• 11: John Gardner and Timothy Macklem: Reasons


• 12: F. M. Kamm: Rights


• 13: Leslie Green: Law and Obligations


• 14: Christopher Kutz: Responsibility


• 15: Gerald J. Postema: Philosophy of the Common Law


• 16: Benjamin C. Zipursky: Philosophy of Private Law


• 17: Arthur Ripstein: Philosophy of Tort Law


• 18: Jody S. Kraus: Philosophy of Contract Law


• 19: Peter Benson: Philosophy of Property Law


• 20: Larry Alexander: The Philosophy of Criminal Law


• 21: Allen Buchanan and David Golove: Philosophy of International Law


• 22: Timothy A.O. Endicott: Law and Language


• 23: Brian Leiter: Law and Objectivity


• 24: Edward Stein: Law, Sexual Orientation, and Gender


• Index

Jules Coleman is Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School.
Scott Shapiro is Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University.