- Abstract:
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Widespread, deep controversy as to the content of the law of a community is compatible with the view that the law is a system of rules. I defend that view through a critique of Ronald Dworkin's discussion of Riggs v. Palmer 22 N.E. 188 (1889). Dworkin raised an important challenge for jurisprudence: to account for the fact that legal rights and duties are frequently controversial. I offer an explanation of the possibility of deep disagreement about the application of social rules, which recon...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Publisher:
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Journal:
- Journal of ethics Journal website
- Volume:
- 5
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 199-219
- Publication date:
- 2001-09-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1572-8609
- ISSN:
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1382-4554
- URN:
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uuid:1edc7fcd-2f18-4a02-b180-6eb316859f57
- Local pid:
- ora:2229
- Language:
- English
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- Subjects:
- Copyright holder:
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Copyright date:
- 2001
- Notes:
- Citation: Endicott, T. (2001). 'Are there any rules?', Journal of Ethics, 5(3), 199-219. [The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com].
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Are there any rules?
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