Alexander, Larry,  1943- <br/><br/>
The rule of rules  morality, rules, and the dilemmas of law /  [electronic resource] : 
Larry Alexander and Emily Sherwin. 
 - Durham :  Duke University Press,  2001. 
 - viii, 279 p. 
 - e-Duke books scholarly collection. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-270) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780822380023 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jurisprudence.<br/>Law and ethics.<br/>Law--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>K247.6  / .A43 2001