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1. What Is Law (and Why Should We Care)?

Jacob Shapiro

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
1. What Is Law (and Why Should We Care)? 1
2. Crazy Little Thing Called “Law” 35
3. Austin’s Sanction Theory 51
4. Hart and the Rule of Recognition 79
5. How to Do Things with Plans 118
6. The Making of a Legal System 154
7. What Law Is 193
8. Legal Reasoning and Judicial Decision Making 234
9. Hard Cases 259
10. Theoretical Disagreements 282
11. Dworkin and Distrust 307
12. The Economy of Trust 331
13. The Interpretation of Plans 353
14. The Value of Legality 388
Notes 403
Acknowledgments 449
Index 455

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
1. What Is Law (and Why Should We Care)? 1
2. Crazy Little Thing Called “Law” 35
3. Austin’s Sanction Theory 51
4. Hart and the Rule of Recognition 79
5. How to Do Things with Plans 118
6. The Making of a Legal System 154
7. What Law Is 193
8. Legal Reasoning and Judicial Decision Making 234
9. Hard Cases 259
10. Theoretical Disagreements 282
11. Dworkin and Distrust 307
12. The Economy of Trust 331
13. The Interpretation of Plans 353
14. The Value of Legality 388
Notes 403
Acknowledgments 449
Index 455

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