Zusatztext `a clear and interesting account of one type of social rules ... This excellent book shows that a work can be both compact and important'American Political Science Review Klappentext Rules are a central component of such diverse enterprises as law! morality! language! games! religion! etiquette! and family governance! but there is often confusion about what a rule is! and what rules do. Offering a comprehensive philosophical analysis of these questions! this book challenges much of the existing legal! jurisprudential! and philosophical literature! by seeing a significant role for rules! an equally significant role for their stricter operation! and making the case for rules as devices for the allocation of power among decision-makers. Zusammenfassung 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.

Klappentext

Rules are a central component of such diverse enterprises as law, morality, language, games, religion, etiquette, and family governance, but there is often confusion about what a rule is, and what rules do. Offering a comprehensive philosophical analysis of these questions, this book challenges much of the existing legal, jurisprudential, and philosophical literature, by seeing a significant role for rules, an equally significant role for their stricter operation, and making the case for rules as devices for the allocation of power among decision-makers.

Zusammenfassung
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.