Introduction: image of law. -- Inter-disciplinarity, the epistemological ideal of incontrovertible foundations, and the problem of praxis. -- On the concept of law. -- On constitutions and fragemnted orders. -- Of experts, helpers, and enthusiasts. -- The power of metaphors and narratives: systems, teleology, evolution, and the issue of the "golbal community" -- Cosmopolitanism, publicity, and the emergence of a "global administrative law" -- The politics of rights. -- The limits and burdens of rights. -- The bounds of (non)sense.

1. Political science -- International relations -- General
2. Law -- Philosophy
3. Rule of law