Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Law, logic and science -- Basic concepts of logical reasoning -- Legal reasoning -- Formal fallacies and fallacies of relevance -- Weak induction and presumption -- Science and Statistics -- Causation and the precautionary principle -- Theoretical hypotheses -- Law, ethics and social theory -- Ethics and law -- Human nature, human rights and law -- National law and positivism -- Liberal democracy -- Marxism and law (and economics) -- Economic efficiency and law -- Problems of the market -- Distributive justice and economic reform -- Law and contemporary social problems -- Freedom of the will and criminal culpability -- Crime and punishment -- Terrorism and democratic rights -- Refugees and the nation-state -- Just wars and criminal laws -- Notes -- Index.