02675oam 22006494a 450 991078002380332120130510110346.01-283-06163-597866130616380-8223-8002-110.1515/9780822380023(CKB)111056486755936(EBL)1167551(SSID)ssj0000239937(PQKBManifestationID)11191344(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239937(PQKBWorkID)10251409(PQKB)11564573317336016(MiAaPQ)EBC1167551(OCoLC)1142354782(MdBmJHUP)muse80994(DE-B1597)553655(DE-B1597)9780822380023(OCoLC)1226679621(EXLCZ)9911105648675593620090327d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rule of rules[electronic resource] morality, rules, and the dilemmas of law /Larry Alexander and Emily SherwinDurham Duke University Press20011 online resource (289 p.)e-Duke books scholarly collectionDescription based upon print version of record.0-8223-2736-8 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.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.e-Duke books scholarly collection.JurisprudenceLaw and ethicsLawPhilosophyJurisprudence.Law and ethics.LawPhilosophy.340/.1Alexander Larry1943-285683Sherwin Emily1955-618618NcDNcDBOOK9910780023803321The rule of rules3790772UNINA