Echoing the debate about the nature of law that has dominated legal philosophy for several decades, this volume
includes essays on the nature of law and on law not as it is but as it should be. Wherever possible, essays have
been chosen that have provoked direct responses from other legal philosophers, and in two cases these responses
are included. Contributors include H.L.A. Hart, R.M. Dworkin, Lord Patrick Devlin, John Rawls, J.J. Thomson, J.
Finnis, and T.M. Scanlon.
