Introduction to the first collection of viewpoints on Peirce and Law : on the making of a complex sign -- Peirce and critical legal studies -- The Lure of the ideal -- The chaotic Law of tort : legal formalism and the problem of indeterminacy -- A pragmatic theory of legal classification -- Peirce and community : public opinion and the legitimization of value in law -- Law and the importance of feelings -- By their fruits you shall know them : eschatological and legal elements in Peirce´s philosophy -- Charles Sanders Peirce and America´s dominat theory of law -- Abduction, legal reasoning, and reflexive law -- Peirce and holmes -- The place of thirdness in legal reasoning. Incluye índice