Tables of Contents for The Rule of Rules

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Acknowledgments

vii

Introduction

PART I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LAW

Disagreement, Uncertainty, and Authoritative Settlement

Settlement Requisites and the Nature of Authoritative Rules

Hierarchies of Rules

PART II. ACTING UNDER RULES

The Problem of Rules

Interpretation of Rules

PART III. ISSUES OF LEGAL REASONING

Reasoning by Analogy

125

Reasoning in Light of Precedent

136

Reasoning from Legal Principles

157

PART IV. THE SETTLEMENT FUNCTION AND JURISPRUDENTIAL DEBATES

Legal Positivism and Natural Law

183

Lex, Rules, and Some Miscellaneous Problems of Jurisprudence

212

Notes

225

Index

271