Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : toward normative jurisprudence -- Revitalizing natural law -- Legal positivism, censorial jurisprudence, and legal reform -- Critical legal studies : the missing years -- Conclusion : reconstructing normative jurisprudence.

"This book aims to reinvigorate normative legal scholarship that both criticizes positive law and suggests reforms for it, on the basis of stated moral values and legalistic ideals"-- Provided by publisher.