1. The common sense of law
2. Law, order and reality
3. Reality, anthropology and dispute resolution
4. Making rules, making property and translating disputes
5. Defining disputes and comprehending the world
6. Women and subordination
7. Patriarchal relations and marriage
8. Men, women, work and law
9. The wider implications of the rule of law
10. Legitimation, sovereignty and globalisation
11. Equality and the rule of law
12. Reconsiderations.