Law, Truth, and Reason

1. Introduction
Raimo Siltala

2. An Isomorphic Theory of Law: A Relation of Structural Similarity Between the Two Fact-Constellations Compared
Raimo Siltala

3. Coherence Theory of Law: Shared Congruence Among Arguments Drawn from the Institutional and Societal Sources of Law
Raimo Siltala

4. “Between the Evident and the Irrational”: The New Rhetoric and Legal Argumentation Theory
Raimo Siltala

5. Philosophical Pragmatism: Law, Judged in Light of Its Social Effects
Raimo Siltala

6. Analytical Legal Positivism: Retracing the Original Intentions of the Legislator Under Legal Exegesis
Raimo Siltala

7. Legal Realism: The Law in Action, Not the Law in Books, As the Subject Matter of Legal Analysis
Raimo Siltala

8. Legal Conventionalism: Law as an Expression of Collective Intentionality
Raimo Siltala

9. “Die Rechtssätze in ihrem systematischen Zusammenhang zu erkennen” – The Thrust of Legal Formalism
Raimo Siltala

10. Natural Law Philosophy: Law as Subordinate to Social Justice and Political Morality in Society
Raimo Siltala

11. Radical Decisionism: Social Justice on a Strictly Contextualist Basis
Raimo Siltala

12. Intermission
Raimo Siltala

13. Law and Metaphysics
Raimo Siltala

Keywords: Law, Law Theory/Law Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Linguistics (general)