Preface. Introduction. 1. A Hypothesis About Narratives. 2. Narrative Coherence and the Facts of the Case. 3. Narrative Coherence and the System of Legal Norms. 4. Ascription of Normative Consequences to Facts. 5. Narratives, Law and Representation: Towards an Epistemological Account of the Interception Hypothesis. 6. The Guises of Legalism. 7. Democracy and Representation. 8. Law as Punishment - Punishment as Law. 9. The Law of Obligations - and the Fun of Seeing Places. Epilogue. Bibliography.Springer Book Archives