Sumário:John Rawls, A theory of justice -- Robert Nozick, Anarchy, state and utopia -- John Locke, two treatises of government -- Ronald Dworkin, Taking rights seriously -- The book of common prayer -- H. L. A. Hart, Law, liberty and morality -- Hannah Arendt, On revolution -- James Gould Cozzens, By love possessed -- Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim -- Max Weber, Economy and society.