Theory of Legal Science

1: Theory of Science and Theory of Law.- Synopsis.- Recent Trends in the Philosophy of Science.- Legal Dogmatics as a Scientific Paradigm.- Paradigms in Legal Dogmatics Towards a Theory of Change and Progress in Legal Science.- Pragmatic Metatheory for Legal Science.- On Making Implicit Methodologies Explicit.- 2: Ontology and Epistomology in Legal Science.- Synopsis.- Ought, Reasons, Motivation, and the Unity of the Social Sciences: The Meta-theory of the Ought-Is Problem.- Legal Data. An Essay about the Ontology of Law.- Pluralis Juris.- Changes of Paradigm in the Law.- Legal Norms: a Transformational Approach.- Epistemology and Validity in Law.- Is Law a System of Enactments?.- The Concept of "Fact" in the Physical Sciences and in Law.- 3: Objectivity and Rationality of Legal Justification.- Synopsis.- Objectivity in the Social Sciences.- Objectivity and Rationality in Lawyer's Reasoning.- Coherence in Legal Justification.- Paradigms of Justifying Legal Decisions.- Monism, Pluralism, Relativism and Right Answers in the Law.- Discovery and Justification in Science and Law.- Reasons and Causes in Connection with Judicial Decisions.- 4: Technical Rationality in the Law.- Synopsis.- Legal Rationality Among Different Types of Rationality.- Paradigms of Legal Research; Empirical Science and Legal Dogmatics.- Goal Reasons in Common Law Cases - Are They Predictive?.- Teleological Construction of Statutes.- Reason, Law and History.- The Rule of Law in Legal Reasoning.- 5: Some Special Topics Concerning Rationality and Legitimacy in the Law.- Synopsis.- An Ubiquitous Paralogism in Legal Thinking.- Power of Tolerance - On the Legitimacy of a Legal System.- Sir Edward Coke's Legal Conservatism.- Popper's Criterion of Refutability in the Legal Context.- 6: Criticism and Developments in Particular Areas of the Law: Property, Contracts, and Torts.- Synopsis.- Theory Choice and Contract Law.- Trends in Legal Science Relating to Contracts and Torts.- The Economics of Trade Laws.-