This popular book is an enjoyable and thought provoking introduction to some basic human skills in handling rules. It demystified legal method by combining a wide range of concrete examples with a fundamental account of rules in general; their use as problem solving devices; the who, what, way and how of interpretation; why doubts about interpretation arise; and reasoning about competing interpretation. It emphasises the continuities between interpretation of non-legal and rules and between theory and practice. The central theme is that, in both routine and difficult cases, interpretation is best approached by an intellectual procedure that clarifies the interpreter's standpoint and context, identifies the factors that may be giving rise to doubts and provides a basis for constructing arguments....
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