Der Band dokumentiert einen Teil der Beiträge, die auf dem 17. Weltkongreß der International Association of Legal and Social Philosophy 1995 in Bologna vorgelegt wurden und die die Verbindung moderner und postmoderner politischer und sozialer Theorie mit der Rechtsphilosophie zum Gegenstand hatten. Inhalt: I. Religious and Secularized Forms of Democratic Communities: Yadh Ben Achour: Nature, Raison et Révélation dans la Philosophie du Droit des Auteurs Sunnites (3-20); Raimund Jakob: On Everyday Corruption in Politics. Legal-Psychological Considerations Concerning a Problem of Modern Political Culture (21-28); Angelo Juffras / Oscar Mohl: Democracy versus Theocracy in Israel (29-37); Burton M. Leiser: On the Evil Influence Religion Exerts Upon the Law, and the Benign Rule of Custom in Talmudic Jurisprudence (39-53); Robert C. L. Moffat: Rights and New Fundamentalism. New Essays in Toleration (55-61); José de Sousa e Brito: Ethics, Democratic Reason and Law (63-69); Elizabeth Wolgast: Democracy: The Message from Athens (71-85). II. Modernity of Legal Post-Modernism: Ana Julia Bozo De Carmona: Postmodernism, Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law (89-97); Miguel Angel Ciuro Caldani: Iusphilosophical Understanding of Postmodernity (A Trialistic Perspective) (99-107); Brendan J. Edgeworth: Legal Postmodernization (109-121); David Nelken: The Postmodern Frontiers of Law: Regionalism, Globalisation and Crime (123-130); Ota Weinberger: Information and Human Liberty (131-141). III. Modern Law and Post-Modern Legal Theories: Simona Andrini: Post-Modernism and Sociological-Juridical Theories (145-155); André-Jean Arnaud: Some Challenges to Law Through Post-Modern Thought (157-166); Silvana Castignone / Carla Faralli: Legal Realism in Italy (167-180); Françoise Michaut: Deconstruction and Legal Theory (181-190); Alfred S. Neely: Law and the Science of Chaos at the End of the 20th Century and Beyond (191-197); Mark Parascandola: Singular Probabilistic Causation in the Law (199-207). IV. Genetic Evolution, Bioethics, and the Law: Patrizia Borsellino: La Bioéthique: Un Domaine de Confrontation et d'Opposition entre "Modernité" et "Post-Modernité" (211-218); Richard A. L. Gambitta: Genetic and Technological Transformations and the Station of the Law (219-233); François Ost: Law, Technology and the Environment: A Challenge to the Great Dichotomies in Western Rationality (235-246); Juha Räikkä: On Global Environmental Ethics. The Uneasy Case for International Preservation of the Rainforest (247-257); Jacob Dahl Rendtorff: Legislation, Bioethics, Judgement (259-270); Michael Arthur Simon: Law, Technology and the Environment (271-280); Mark Van Hoecke: Men, Nature and World View (281-291); Carl Wellman: Old Rights and New Medical Technology (293-302). V. Post-Modern Identity and Colonization of the Life-World: Wanda Capeller: (Dé)Colonisation Culturelle ou "l'Habitude de Singer tout ce qui Est Étranger": Réflexions sur le Postmodernisme dans un Pays Tropical (305-319); Miguel Angel Herrera Zgaib: Typologies of Access to Justice in Colombia (1976-1995) (321-331); Valentin Petev: Shall We Need a New Law for the 21st Century? (333-341); Luis Villar Borda: New Regional and Territorial Arrangement Policy in Colombia (343-356). VI. On Feminist Jurisprudence in a Post-Modern Age: Letizia Gianformaggio: Time and Work – Private and Public (359-367); Marjet J. Gunning: In the Right Time. The End of the Woman-Identity in Law or Equality as the Right to Differ (369-383); Virginia Held: Feminist Morality and Rights (385-395); Barbara Ann Hocking / Alison Smith: Poetic (In)Justice: Women, Relationships and Nervous Shock Law (397-409); Patricia Smith: Motherhood, Equality and Legal Change (411-423); Alina Zvinkliene: Women's Rights in Lithuanian Constitution (425-433).