Includes bibliographical references and index.; Common law rules -- Judges as rule makers / Larry Alexander and Emily Sherwin -- Some types of law / John Gardner -- Common law reasoning -- The principles of legal reasoning in the common law / Melvin A. Eisenberg -- A similibus ad similia : analogical thinking in law / Gerald J. Postema -- Reasoned decisions and legal theory / David Dyzenhaus and Michael Taggart -- Common law constitutionalism -- Common law, natural law, and the constitution / James R. Stoner, Jr. -- Text, context, and constitution : the common law as public reason / T.R.S. Allan -- The myth of the common law constitution / Jeffrey Goldsworthy.;