Glad you put in this thread, Mr. Chalmers. I had tried a redo of Phil of Law but couldn't figure how to offer it up.

The following has the general structure that can be adapted to a large number of topics. I include off to the right where an existing categorization has somewhat the similar set-up, as also the distinctions within that same field.

Obviously the subcategories of the existing system would have to be reformatted in the new topicality, and equally obvious is that there will be tweaking required. Note, however, some advantages over the existing category: 1) The present one looks like a lawyer did it instead of a philosopher--we want in as many instances as possible to categorize by philosophical issues, not subject issues. Thus we have no real reason to need "criminal" or "private" topics, since the philosophical questions touching on those are really under different headings. 2) As a former reader well remarked, stop trying to be so technical as to be all things to all people--you end up being nothing to everybody; 3) You have been entirely too detailed, apparently in the attempt to offer a pigeonhole for every conceivable article. Nonsense. Categorize by AREAS of philosophical problematics and only that. It is philosophers who need to use this site, not lexicographers; 4) There is no earthly reason why two or three general outline modalities wouldn't allow all possible articles. Readers would quickly grow accustomed to the simplfied yet inclusive methodology and everyone would be able to locate the correct places to have their own articles placed, as well as being able to locate where they can do research on a toipic of choice. Think FUNCTION, FUNCTION, FUNCTION, not CATEGORICAL STRUCTURAL LOGIC. God knows I never tire of complaining at the tendency of modern philosophy to seem insecure if not able to hide behind some variation of formal logic. PLEASE grow out of that straightjacket. Nowhere is this error or habit more pronounced than in categorizing by rules ofr logic than rules of function. Come down to earth and visit with the humanoids--they aren't so dumb as we occasionally think.

In the equivalences to metaphilosophy, I might note that the term "metaphilosophy" is entirely innapropriate to the purposes. The category is simply Philosophy in the general sense. Meta-language, meta-this and that are just more distractions intended less to add clarity than to disengazge anyone who is not of the philosophical tribe. Stop carrying on the ego trip and just do what you are supposed to do (oops--something else I never tire of reminding my freinds)..

Categories

1) Normative Law Issues                                               Epistemology of Philosophy (Recall you have also a Normative eithics--

            Authority, Obligation&the Definition of Law          what dissuades from

   (e.g. Justification)

            Rights & Duties (including Citizenship

   and Public Responsibility)

            Law & Equity

            Interpreting Justice, Truth and & Equity

            Categories of Justice

            Theories of Equality & Opportunity

            Equality and Principles of Due Process

            Dignity and Law (e.g. inherent rights)

2) Theories of Law and Governance                               Metaphilosophy, Misc. (Or, Theories of Methodology, Justification, etc.)

            Theories of Governance

            Sovereignty, Suzerainty and Other Modalities

            Theories of Nation-States and International Law

            Constitutions and Their Interpretation

            Substantive & Procedural Law Issues (e.g. Standing)

            Federalism / States’ Rights

            Theories of Representation and Participation

3) Legal Philosophy                                                       Metaphilosophical Views (Philosophical Philosophy)

            The Schools and Traditions                               

   (Realism, Natural Law, etc.)                          

            Jurisprudence and Methodology

   (e.g. the Sources of Law)

            Civil / Common Law System(s)

            Comparative Law Issues (East-West esp.)

Theories of Criminology and Punishment

            Public versus Private Issues (e.g., Crime v. Tort)

            Corporate, Professional and Public Offices

4) General Studies in Law and Philosophy                       Metaphilosophy, Misc. (General Studies: Phiosophy as Art and Science, etc)

            History of Law / Legal Philosophy

            Sociology and Anthropology of Law

            Law and Social Psychiatry

            Styles and Traditions in Law

            The Legal Profession

            Law and Society (e.g. giving teeth to ethics)

5) Topics                                                                            History of philosophy, Intellecual History, etc.

            Constitutional (Welfare Clause, e.g.)

            Free Speech

            Privacy Rights

            Minority Rights (Ethnicities, Blacks, Gays, Women, etc.)

            Discrimination

            Cases and Controversies (Roe v. Wade, e.g.)

            Special Interest Advocacy, Legislation and Rulings