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" The rule of rules : "
Larry Alexander and Emily Sherwin.
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BL
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985946
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b740316
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Alexander, Larry,1943-
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The rule of rules : : morality, rules, and the dilemmas of law /\ Larry Alexander and Emily Sherwin.
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Durham ;London :: Duke University Press,, 2001.
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, ©2001
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1 online resource (viii, 279 pages)
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0822380021
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: 1283061635
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: 9780822380023
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: 9781283061636
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0822327368
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9780822327363
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-270) and index.
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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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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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Jurisprudence.
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Law and ethics.
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Law-- Philosophy.
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Droit et morale.
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Droit-- Philosophie.
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Jurisprudence.
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Law and ethics.
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Law-- Philosophy.
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Rechtsethik
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Dilemma's.
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Moraal.
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Rechtsregels.
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340/.1
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K247.6.A43 2001eb
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86.04bcl
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Sherwin, Emily,1955-
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