This collection of essays takes as its starting point Arthur Ripstein's seminal work, Force and Freedom: Kant's Legal and Political Philosophy, where he reveals the systematic unity of Kant's thinking about law, and at the same time sheds an instructive light on many contemporary issues in legal and political philosophy. The essays offer readings and elucidations of Ripstein's thought, dispute some of his claims and extend some of his themes within broader philosophical contexts, thus elaborating on the significance of Ripstein's presentation of Kant for contemporary legal and political...