ABSTRACT
Everylegaltheoryrequiresapoliticalsettingandnopoliticalphilosophyshouldlackatheoryoflaw.Thesetruismsareroutinely ignored,evenbythosewhoholdthatpoliticsconcernsthestateand acknowledgethatthestateisprimarilyalegalinstitution.Thede factodivisionoflabourbetweenlegalandpoliticaltheorists-deriving,inpart,fromtheirinstitutionalis.edseparationwithinacademiafragmentswhatshouldbeanintegratedenterprise:theelucidation anddefenceofaprincipledandcomprehensivejustificationand critiqueoftherolesandproceduresoflawandstate.
