Between legality and anarchy: a comment on Larry Alexander’s essay on law and politics

Gonçalo de Almeida Ribeiro

Between legality and anarchy: a comment on Larry Alexander’s essay on law and politics

Gonçalo de Almeida Ribeiro

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Abstract

Larry Alexander argues that first-order reasoning tells us both that we need rules to be followed and that we should not follow rules. Herein lies ‘the gap’, a problem that he finds intractable. I argue that the problem is real but also manageable, and offer reasons to resist an extreme form of legal skepticism.

Translated title of the contribution	Entre a legalidade e a anarquia: comentário ao ensaio de Larry Alexander sobre direito e política
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13-21
Number of pages	9
Journal	E-Pública
Volume	5
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Dec 2018

Keywords

Rules
Legal indeterminacy
First-order reasoning
Second-order reasoning
Regularity

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Between legality and anarchy: a comment on Larry Alexander’s essay on law and politics

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