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- Preface
- 1. Introduction: The Idea of Nomos
- Nature and Law
- Natural Science and Social Science
- 2. Greek Roots
- The Awakening of Psyche
- From Mythos to Nomos
- Nomos and the Polis
- Nomos and Physis
- Sophism
- Man the Measure
- 3. Roman Foundations
- From Fas to Ius
- Ius Civile
- Interpretatio Romana
- Legal Science
- Gaius Noster
- 4. Byzantine Canon
- Corpus Juris Civilis
- True Philosophy
- Ius Gentium
- The Romano-Byzantine Legacy
- 5. Christian Tradition
- From Nomos to Logos
- Christonomos
- Ecclesia sub Lege Romana
- Two Natures, Two Laws
- Ius Canonicum
- 6. Germanic Intrusions
- Consuetudo
- Barbarian Law
- Feudal Law
- Customary Law
- The Theory of Custom
- 7. Medieval Reconstruction
- Twelfth-Century Revival
- Civil Science
- Canonic Science
- The New Ius Gentium
- 8. Jurisprudence Italian Style
- Mos Italicus
- The Interpretation of Law
- Ratio Iuris
- Usus Modernus
- Civil Humanism
- 9. Tradition and Reform
- Theological Jurisprudence
- Canon Law in the World
- Conciliarism and Reform
- The Bondage of Law
- 10. English Developments: The Common Law
- La Commune Ley
- Second Nature
- The Law of Laws
- Pure and Tried Reason
- Beyond the Common Law
- 11. Jurisprudence in the French Manner
- Mos Gallicus
- The World of Nations
- Systematic Jurisprudence
- Coutume and Coutumier
- The Spirit of French Law
- 12. The Philosophical School
- The Search for Method
- Perfect Jurisprudence
- The Spirit of the Law
- The Problem of Codification
- The Death and Rebirth of Nomos
- 13. The Historical School
- Historical Jurisprudence
- The New Science
- Juristic Anthropology
- Historische Rechtsschule
- Law and the Social Question
- 14. From Civil Science to the Human Sciences
- Law Transcended by Philosophy
- Law Subverted by Economics
- Law Surpassed by Anthropology
- Law Overpowered by Sociology
- 15. Conclusion: The Legacy of Nomos
- Social Scientism
- The Human Measure
- Notes
- Index
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