TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
Table of Contents
From the Editors (Jerzy Zajadło, Kamil Zeidler) . . . 7
Instead of an Introduction: What Use Is the Philosophy of Law to Lawyers? (Jerzy Zajadło) . . . 9
Part I Methodology . . . . 21
Chapter 1. The Methodological Status of Legal Studies (Jerzy Zajadło) . . . . 23
Chapter 2. Philosophy of Law and Theory of Law (Jerzy Zajadło) . . . . 27
Chapter 3. Philosophy of Law and Sociology of Law (Jerzy Zajadło) . . . . 33
Chapter 4. Theory of Law and Sociology of Law (Jerzy Zajadło) . . . . . 39
Part II People . . . . 45
Chapter 1. Robert Alexy (Jerzy Zajadło) . . . . 47
Chapter 2. John Finnis (Tomasz Widłak) . . . . 60
Chapter 3. Lon L. Fuller (Tomasz Snarski) . . . . 67
Chapter 4. Herbert L.A. Hart (Magdalena Glanc) . . . . 77
Chapter 5. Oliver W. Holmes (Oktawian Nawrot) . . . . 85
Chapter 6. Hans Kelsen (Jarosław Niesiołowski) . . . . 89
Part III Tendencies, Movements, Approaches . . . . 95
Chapter 1. Bio-law (Oktawian Nawrot) . . . . 97
Chapter 2. Law and Economics (Tomasz Widłak) . . . 103
Chapter 3. Feminism and Law (Anna Machnikowska) . . . 110
Chapter 4. Hermeneutics and Law (Filip Przybylski-Lewandowski) . . . 117
Chapter 5. Critical Legal Studies (Paweł Sut) . . . 123
Chapter 6. Legal Positivism (Magdalena Glanc) . . . 128
Chapter 7. Law and Literature (Kamil Zeidler) . . . 138
Chapter 8. Natural Law (Paweł Sut) . . . 144
Chapter 9. Legal Realism (Maciej Wojciechowski) . . . 150
Chapter 10. Theories of legal argumentation (Kamil Zeidler) . . . 161
Part IV
Ideas . . . 173
Chapter 1. Dignity (Paweł Sut) . . . 175
Chapter 2. Ius and lex (Jerzy Zajadło) . . . 184
Chapter 3. Legal certainty (Maciej Wojciechowski) . . . 191
Chapter 4. Obedience (Maciej Wojciechowski) . . . 197
Chapter 5. Truth (Jerzy Zajadło) . . . 203
Chapter 6. Equality (Jerzy Zajadło) . . . 214
Chapter 7. Solidarity (Jerzy Zajadło) . . . 228
Chapter 8. Equity (Tomasz Widłak) . . . 240
Chapter 9. Justice (Oktawian Nawrot) . . . 245
Chapter 10. Freedom/Liberty (Paweł Sut) . . . 252
Part V Hard cases . . . 261
Chapter 1. Do hard cases exist and if so what are they? (Jerzy Zajadło) . . . 263
Chapter 2. Great disputes . . . 273
2.1. Hart v. Fuller (Tomasz Snarski) . . . 273
2.2. Hart v. Devlin (Magdalena Glanc) . . . 282
Chapter 3. Law’s confl ict with law . . . 289
3.1. The plank of Carneades (Magdalena Glanc) . . . 289
3.2. Radbruch’s Formula (Jerzy Zajadło) . . . 295
3.3. Legality and legitimization (Tomasz Widłak) . . . 299
Chapter 4. The confl ict of law with other normative systems . . . 303
4.1. Cannibalism (Tomasz Widłak) . . . 303
4.2. The cultural defense (Tomasz Snarski) . . . 311
4.3. The judge’s conscience (Jerzy Zajadło) . . . 317
Selected Further Readings . . . 333
