Essays in jurisprudence and philosophy

Part I General theory

Definition and theory of jurisprudence (first published 1953)

Positivism and separation of law and morals (first published 1958)

Problems of the philosophy of law (first published 1967)

Part II American jurisprudence

American jurisprudence through English eyes: the nightmare and the noble dream (first published 1977)

1776-1976: Law in the perspective of philosophy (first published 1976)

Part III Scandinavian jurisprudence

Scandinavian realism (first published 1959)

Self-referring laws (first published 1964)

Part IV Liberty, utility and rights

Utilitarianism and natural rights (first published 1978)

Between utility and rights (first published 1973)

Rawls on liberty and its priority (first published 1973)

Social solidarity and the enforcement of morality (first published 1967)

Part V Four legal theorists

Jhering's Heaven concepts and modern analytical jurisprudence (first published 1970)

Diamonds and string: Holmes on the common law (first published 1963)

Kelsen visited (first published 1963)

Kelsen's Doctrine of the Unity of Law (first published 1968)

Lon L. Fuller: the morality of law (first published 1965)

Part VI

The House of Lords on attempting the impossible (first published 1981).