Evolution and Constitution

<P>Preface. Preface to the English Edition. Description and Purpose of the Work. <STRONG>0: Philosophy and</STRONG> <STRONG>Jurisprudence. 0.1.</STRONG> The Three Classical Dimensions of Legal Philosophy. <STRONG>0.2.</STRONG> The Traditional Basic Controversy (Natural Law Versus Legal Positivism) and Contemporary Approaches to it. <STRONG>0.3.</STRONG> Summary and Preview. <STRONG>1: Legal Philosophy as Methodology. 1.1.</STRONG> Jurisprudential Concept of Science and the Position of Jurisprudence in the System of Sciences. <STRONG>1.2.</STRONG> The Basic Types of Scientific Method. <STRONG>1.3.</STRONG> Structure of Scientific Knowledge. <STRONG>1.4.</STRONG> Classification of Sciences and the Position of Jurisprudence. <STRONG>1.5.</STRONG> Model of the Functional Context of Juristic Methods. <STRONG>1.6.</STRONG> Summary: the Open System Of Law. <STRONG>2: Legal Philosophy as a Developmental Theory of Law.</STRONG> <STRONG>2.1.</STRONG> Legal-Philosophical Relativism. <STRONG>2.2.</STRONG> The Theory of Socio-Cultural Evolution As Frames of a Developmental Theory of Law. <STRONG>2.3.</STRONG> Approaches to an Evolutionary Theory of Development of Law. <STRONG>3: The</STRONG> <STRONG>Theoretical Model of a Deeper Argumentation. 3.1.</STRONG> The Meta-Theory of Juristic Argumentation. <STRONG>3.2.</STRONG> Expansion Towards Historical-Genetic Dimension: Historical Discourse. <STRONG>3.3.</STRONG> Extension Towards a Legal-Ethical Theory of Principles. <STRONG>3.4.</STRONG> Rational Self-Construction of Law. References. Index. </P>