Introduction
Legal authority and normativity : rediscovering a hidden relationship
Law as an actuality
The guide of the good model
Understanding the nature and structure of practical reason : excavating the classical tradition
A defence of the parastic thesis : a re-examination of Hart's internal point of view
A defence of the parastic thesis II : does Kelsen's notion of legal normativity rest on a mistake?
Authorities' claims as expressions of intentions
Authority and normativity : a defence of the "ethical-political" account of legal authority
The epistemology of modestly objective values and robust value realism
Possible objections and concluding note.