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Part 1 An opportunity to reflect: an opportunity to reflect; issuesexplored in this book; a point of departure. Part 2 Max Weber's science ofsocial action: Max Weber as social and legal theorist; philosophicalinfluences in Weber; Max Weber's science of social action; towards asociological perspective on legal theory. Part 3 Hart's nucleic expositorytheory: Hart's approach to theory; "the concept of law" -Hart's nucleicexpository theory; a basis for critique. Part 4 Three Gordian knots: threeGordian knots; first Gordian knot - the problem of perspective; secondGordian knot - the problem of "reductionism" to legal rules; third Gordianknot - the problematic tendency to obscure rationality; the three Gordianknots in retrospect. Part 5 Perspectives redefined: the first Gordian knotrevisited; the sociologically inclined jurist; "index" as an ideal type; theofficial world view. Part 6 "Reductionism" reassessed: the second Gordianknot revisited; normativity in action; social action and legal norms;developing legal relationality. Part 7 Relationality reconsidered: the secondand third Gordian knots revisited; the jural relation; legal relationships ofsocial power; a basic conceptual unit. Part 8 Towards a critical legalpositivism: outline of a sociological perspective; towards a critical legalpositivism.