Dedication;
The Authors;
Contents;
Preface and Acknowledgements;
I. A. Il'in and the Rule of Law;
P. T. Grier;
The Concept of Legal Consciousness: Origin and Transformations;
P. T. Grier and W. E. Butler;
I. A. Il'in: Russian Legal Philosopher;
W. E. Butler and V. A. Tomsinov;
The Origins of Il'in's Treatise on the Essence of Legal Consciousness;
W. E. Butler;
A Note on the Translation;
P. T. Grier
I. A. Il'in, On the Essence of Legal Consciousness Translated by P. T. Grier;
1. The Problem;
2. Knowledge of the Law;
3. The Significance of Positive Legal Consciousness;
4. Recognition of Law;
5. The Grounding of Natural Law;
6. The Grounding of Positive Law;
7. The Struggle for Law;
8. Legal Consciousness and Criminal Guilt;
9. The Basis of Sound Legal Consciousness;
10. On Patriotism;
11. On Political Legal Consciousness;
12. The Essence of the State;
13. The Forms of the State;
14. The Axioms of Ruling Authority;
15. The First Axiom of Legal Consciousness;
16. Diseases of Self-Affirmation;
17. The Second Axiom of Legal Consciousness;
18. Diseases of Autonomy;
19. Third Axiom of Legal Consciousness;
20. Diseases of Mutual Recognition
21. Legal Consciousness and Religiosity;
22. Conclusion;
APPENDIX I.
A. Il'in, The Concepts of Law and Power Translated by P. T. Grier;
Glossary;
Bibliography;
Index of Names