Abstract
In this symposium, conceptions of "legal subject" in contemporary jurisprudence are discussed from three view-points. First, so-called "narrative conceptions of subject" are further inquired and they are collated with "rational conceptions of legal subject". Secondly, the discussion focuses on whether these new conceptions of subject can (or will) provide fixed foundations to legal practices. Third, it is discussed how their critical potential can be actualized in confrontation with "the institutional reasoning".