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Autore |
Alexander Larry <1943-> |
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Titolo |
The rule of rules : morality, rules, and the dilemmas of law / / Larry Alexander and Emily Sherwin |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-06163-5 |
9786613061638 |
0-8223-8002-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Collana |
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e-Duke books scholarly collection |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Jurisprudence |
Law and ethics |
Law - Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-270) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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Analysis of jurisprudential debates about the nature of law through a general investigation of the reasons for and optimal structures of authoritative rules and the moral and practical dilemmas created by those rules. |
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