The Definition of Law

Preface A. H. Campbell; Introduction A. L. Goodhart; Part I. On Definitions in General: 1. The wrong method (verbal realism); 2. The right method (conceptual pragmatism); Part II. Definitions of Law: 1. Usefulness of a broad definition; 2. Some useless criteria; Part III. Law and Nature: 1. 'A body of rules'; 2. Rules and the 'ought'; 3. Dualism of facts and rules; 4. Collective habits; 5. Commands, precepts, dogmas; 6. Rights and duties: rules actualized; Part IV. Law and Morals: 1. Legal and moral rules; 2. Law: 'prescribing external conduct'; 3. Externality in justice and quasi-morality; Part V. Law 'Considered Justiciable': 1. Externality of social custom; 2. Alleged criteria of law and social custom; 3. Rationalization in law and social custom; 4. Judicial organs and definiteness of procedure; 5. Law: 'considered justiciable'; 6. Anthropological confirmation; 7. Border-line cases; Notes; Bibliography; Indexes.