Playing by the rules : a philosophical examination of rule-based decision-making in law and in life /

This is a philosophical analysis of the very idea of a rule. Although focused somewhat on the role of rules in the legal system, it is also relevant to the place of rules in morality religion, etiquette, games, language and family governance.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schauer, Frederick F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, England : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1991.
Series:Clarendon law series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This is a philosophical analysis of the very idea of a rule. Although focused somewhat on the role of rules in the legal system, it is also relevant to the place of rules in morality religion, etiquette, games, language and family governance.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 254 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-247) and index.
ISBN:9780191681844
0191681849
9780198258315
0198258313