An isomorphic theory of law : a relation of structural similarity between the two fact-constellations compared - Coherence theory of law : shared congruence among arguments drawn from the institutional and societal sources of law - "Between the evident and the irrational" : the new rhetoric and legal argumentation theory - Philosophical pragmatism : law, judged in light of its social effects - Analytical legal positivism : retracing the original intentions of the legislator under legal exegesis - Legal realism : the law in action, not the law in books, as the subject matter of legal analysis - Legal conventionalism : law as an expression of collective intentionality - "Die Rechtsseatze in ihrem systematischen Zusammenhang zu erkennen"--the thrust of legal formalism - Natural law philosophy : law as subordinate to social justice and political morality in society - Radical decisionism : social justice on a strictly contextualist basis - Intermission - Law and metaphysics