Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
5. INTRODUCTION xix
6. I Metaphysics as Rhetorical Foundation of Law
7. 1 The Roots of the Laws 3
8. 2 Alfarabi’s Platonism 17
9. 3 Natural Right versus Natural Law 29
10. II The Divergence Between Law and Intellect
11. 4 Is the Best City Ruled by Law? 39
12. 5 Plato’s City and Alfarabi’s Regime 51
13. 6 War as a Purpose of the Second-Best Regime 69
14. 7 Legal Innovation: Law as an Imitation of Intellect 77
15. III. Shame, lndignation, and Inquiry
16. 8 The Rule of Law and Good Breeding 93
17. 9 Pleasure and Indignation 109
18. 10 Poetry and Inquiry into Law 129
19. Conclusion 143
20. NOTES 147
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 179
22. INDEX 187