My dissertation for LLD (or JSD) Att beskriva ratten (To Describe Law), which was written under my bachelor surname of Andreasson, was presented for public exa- nation on Nov 4, 2004. Since then the text has been developed in two separate directions. On the one hand, three of the chapters have been made more accessible to students of jurisprudence and have been included in the second edition of the te- book Rattsfilosofi, samhalle och moral genom tiderna edited by Joakim Nergelius. On the other hand, the whole dissertation has been revised, translated and published as the present book. In the...

My dissertation for LLD (or JSD) Att beskriva ratten (To Describe Law), which was written under my bachelor surname of Andreasson, was presented for public exa- nation on Nov 4, 2004. Since then the text has been developed in two separate directions. On the one hand, three of the chapters have been made more accessible to students of jurisprudence and have been included in the second edition of the te- book Rattsfilosofi, samhalle och moral genom tiderna edited by Joakim Nergelius. On the other hand, the whole dissertation has been revised, translated and published as the present book. In the...