CONTENTS;
Preface vii;
Introduction 1;
SECTION ONE: LOGIC, SCIENCE AND LAW 9;
CHAPTER 1 Basic concepts of logical reasoning 11;
CHAPTER 2 Legal reasoning 35;
CHAPTER 3 Formal fallacies and fallacies of relevance 49;
CHAPTER 4 Weak induction and presumption 61;
CHAPTER 5 Science and statistics 76;
CHAPTER 6 Causation and the precautionary principle 95;
CHAPTER 7 Theoretical hypotheses 116;
SECTION TWO: ETHICS, SOCIAL THEORY AND LAW 137;
CHAPTER 8 Metaethics, rights and equality 139;
CHAPTER 9 Normative ethics 169;
CHAPTER 10 Natural law and legal positivism 181;
CHAPTER 11 Liberalism 204;
CHAPTER 12 Marxism and law 219;
CHAPTER 13 Efficiency and the market 234;
CHAPTER 14 Regulating the market 258;
CHAPTER 15 Is the market just? 270;
CHAPTER 16 Inheritance and returns to assets 284;
SECTION THREE: LAW AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS 299;
CHAPTER 17 Tort law reform 301;
CHAPTER 18 Freedom of the will and criminal culpability 314y;
CHAPTER 19 Crime and punishment 338;
CHAPTER 20 Terrorism and democratic rights 352;
CHAPTER 21 Refugees and the nation-state 370;
Notes 386;
Index 404.