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    Challenges→A normative theory of adjudication derived from constitutional political economy must be structural, describing the structure of adjudication rather than dictating judicial motivation directly.

    A purely structural theory that ignores intrinsic judicial obligations mischaracterizes adjudication as mere incentive-response behavior rather than a rule-governed practice.

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    • 1.Judges regularly cite legal rules and precedent as binding reasons, not merely as external constraints producing behavioral responses.
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    • 2.Rule-governed practices have constitutive norms that define what counts as correct adjudication; incentives alone cannot explain this normativity.
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    • 3.Structural theories cannot account for judicial resistance to incentives when duty conflicts with personal interest, which occurs regularly.
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    • 1.Judicial obligations themselves are products of institutional structures and enforcement mechanisms; intrinsic obligation is an illusion.
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    • 2.Describing rule-governed behavior as 'incentive-response' is reductive but not inaccurate—rules structure incentives; this doesn't deny rule-following.
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    • 3.The distinction between 'intrinsic' and 'structural' obligation lacks clear referent; all duties emerge within some institutional framework.
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