This is a philosophical but non-technical 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. In both explaining the idea of a rule and making the case for taking rules seriously, the book is a departure both in scope and in perspective from anything that now exists.

This book defines and distinguishes political institutions in their various forms, whilst exploring the constitutive ambiguities of the term. It will appeal to scholars and advanced students of political institutions in comparative politics, and in political science and political sociology more broadly.

This 10-hour free course looked at what ?intelligence? is, how computers may become intelligent, and whether they ever will really be so.

Rules in the Making represents an attempt to revolutionize ways of thinking about regulatory decision-making. The book tries to show that statistical methodologies can be used to determine what factors are important in the establishment of government regulation by developing a mathematical model of the regulatory process and agency behavior. The model is then tested using a case study of the Environmental Protection Agency's setting of effluent discharge standards under the Clean Water Act. Originally published in 1986

Federal Rules of Evidence with Cues and Signals for Making Objections

"Volume 1 of this series presents five cases on trade negotiations that have had important effects on trade policy rulemaking, and an analytic framework for evaluating these negotiations."--BOOK JACKET.