Even in this “adapted and simplified” package, Boa Santos (1995) makes a powerful case for a new legal theory able to survive and prosper in “the forthcoming paradigmatic competitions” (p. 574). I have not yet read the extended argument in Santos's book, but I am already persuaded that his cosmopolitan learning and encompassing synthesis has the power to inform and challenge legal scholars in all parts of the globe. His argument is admittedly utopian, and he is well aware of the possibilities that what he offers will require some remarkable societal changes—and can, in any event, be “coopted.” But that does not detract from the power of the vision. Rather than comment on the vision itself, however, I will use his analysis to focus on a slightly different research agenda and theoretical perspective. I think the approach discussed in this comment is complementary, but it requires that I begin with a disagreement about the framing of the issue.