The rule of rules : morality, rules, and the dilemmas of law /
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.
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Durham ; London :
Duke University Press,
2001.
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Series: | e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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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.