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    Challenges→Dworkin's 'law as integrity' shows that determining what the law *is* already embeds evaluative reasoning about what it ought to mean.

    Even if interpretation involves judgment, this doesn't prove evaluative reasoning is constitutive of 'what law is' rather than merely necessary for resolving ambiguity about pre-existing law.

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    Key Terms

    constitutive(an alternative type of relationship the grounding relation might be)
    Describes how something is made up of or formed from basic components that define its essential nature.
    evaluative reasoning(as used in philosophy of law)
    The process of making judgments about what is good, bad, right, or wrong based on values and standards.
    interpretation(Formal semantics for modal nonmonotonic logic)
    A complete, consistent set of literals
    merely necessary(as used in philosophical arguments)
    Required for something to happen or work, but not the core reason it exists or what defines it.
    pre-existing law(as used in philosophy of law)

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    The idea that law has a fixed meaning that exists independently, before anyone has to interpret it.
    resolving ambiguity(as used in philosophy of law)
    Figuring out the correct meaning when something could be interpreted in multiple ways.
    what law is (ontology of law)(as used in philosophy of law)
    The question of what the fundamental nature of law actually is—is it just written rules, or does it include judges' interpretations and values?

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