The rule of rules : morality, rules, and the dilemmas of law /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Alexander, Larry, 1943- (Author), Sherwin, Emily, 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2001.
Series:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Subjects:
Jurisprudence.
Law and ethics.
Law > Philosophy.
Jurisprudence
Droit > Philosophie.
Droit et morale.
Droit.
law (discipline)
Law and ethics
Law > Philosophy
Rechtsethik
Moraal.
Rechtsregels.
Dilemma's.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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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