American General Law, legislation, Courts, Myth 

Content:
The needless mystery of court-house government -- Fights and rights -- Facts are guesses -- Modern legal magic -- Wizards and lawyers -- The "fight" theory versus the "truth" theory -- The procedural reformers -- The jury system -- Defenses of the jury system: suggested reforms -- Are judges human? -- Psychological approaches -- Criticism of trial-court decisions: the gestalt -- A trial as a communicative process -- "Legal science" and "legal engineering" -- The upper-court myth -- Legal education -- Special training for trial judges -- The cult of the robe -- Precedents and stability -- Codification -- Words and music: legislation and judicial interpretation -- Constitutions: the merry-go-round -- Da capo -- The anthropological approach -- Natural law -- The psychology of litigants -- The unblindfolding of justice -- Classicism and romanticism -- Justice and emotions -- Questioning some legal axioms -- Reason and unreason: ideals. 

Includes bibliographical references.