Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mapping the jurisprudential terrain in the search for truth in law -- Natural law theories -- Legal positivism -- Third path theorists : between positivism and natural law, Fuller and Dworkin -- Historical jurisprudence -- Marxism and the law -- Legal realism -- Law and economics -- Interpretative approaches to legal theory -- Critical legal studies -- Critical race theory -- Feminism and the law -- Gay and lesbian legal theory -- Postmodernism(s) and the law -- Justice and the law : liberals, redistribution, capitalists, and their critics -- Communitarian and civic republican theories -- 'Traditional' African jurisprudence -- Islamic jurisprudence -- Traditional Chinese jurisprudence and its relevance to South African legal thought -- The duty to obey the law -- Legal punishment -- Law in the context of globalisation : the demands of justice -- Transitional/transformative jurisprudence : law in a changing society.