1. Introduction to jurisprudence -- 2. Founders of the Western tradition (1) : Plato, Aristotle, Cicero -- 3. Founders of the Western tradition (2) : Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau -- 4. Natural law (1) : Aquinas and Neo-Scholasticism -- 5. Natural law (2) : Stammler, Radbruch, Finnis -- 6. Utilitarianism (1) : Bentham -- 7. Utilitarianism (2) : John Stuart Mill -- 8. Legal positivism -- 9. The Hart-Fuller debate -- 10. Positivism : Austin -- 11. Positivism : Hart -- 12. Positivism : Kelsen -- 13. The historical approach : Savigny and Maine -- 14. The Marxist approach -- 15. The sociological approach (1) : Jhering, Ehrlich, Durkheim -- 16. The sociological approach (2) : Weber and Pound -- 17. Scandinavian realism -- 18. American realism (1) : Holmes, Frank, Gray -- 19. American realism (2) : Llewellyn, scientific prediction -- 20. American jurisprudence today (1) : Rawls and Nozick -- 21. American jurisprudence today (2) : Dworkin, critical legal studies -- 22. Law and morality : the Hart-Devlin debate -- 23. Problems of rights (1) : essential features -- 24. Problems of rights (2) : children's rights, abortion, etc. -- 25. Problems of rights (3) : natural justice -- 26. Problems of rights (4) : Bill of Rights -- 27. Codification of the law -- 28. Feminist jurisprudence.