Institution: | 1. Philosophy, MIT;2. Versions of this article have been presented at MIT, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Oxford, the University of Birmingham, Boston University, the Austin Conference on Precedent and Objective Law, where the commentator was Michael Zuckert, and the Oslo Conference on Language and Law, where the commentator was Scott Soames. Thanks to these audiences and commentators, and to the referees for the Journal of Political Philosophy for many very helpful comments. |