The rule of rules [electronic resource] : morality, rules, and the dilemmas of law / Larry Alexander and Emily Sherwin.

By: Alexander, Larry, 1943-Contributor(s): Sherwin, Emily, 1955- | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Durham : Duke University Press, 2001Description: viii, 279 pSubject(s): Jurisprudence | Law and ethics | Law -- PhilosophyGenre/Form: Electronic books.LOC classification: K247.6 | .A43 2001Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Pt. I. The circumstances of law. Disagreement, uncertainty, and authoritative settlement ; Settlement requisites and the nature of authoritative rules ; Hierarchies of rules -- Pt. II. Acting under rules. The problem of rules ; Interpretation of rules -- Pt. III. Issues of legal reasoning. Reasoning by analogy ; Reasoning in light of precedent ; Reasoning from legal principles -- Pt. IV. The settlement function and jurisprudential debates. Legal positivism and natural law ; Lex, rules, and some miscellaneous problems of jurisprudence.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-270) and index.

Pt. I. The circumstances of law. Disagreement, uncertainty, and authoritative settlement ; Settlement requisites and the nature of authoritative rules ; Hierarchies of rules -- Pt. II. Acting under rules. The problem of rules ; Interpretation of rules -- Pt. III. Issues of legal reasoning. Reasoning by analogy ; Reasoning in light of precedent ; Reasoning from legal principles -- Pt. IV. The settlement function and jurisprudential debates. Legal positivism and natural law ; Lex, rules, and some miscellaneous problems of jurisprudence.

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