"A particularly thoughtful attempt to carve out a 'middle way' between the formalist and the political vision of law."--Paul Campos, University of Colorado, Boulder

Preface
1. Playing the Game: An Introduction
2. It’s All in the Game: Adjudication in a Nonfoundationalist Way
3. The Language Game: From Ambiguity to Indeterminacy
4. Playing with Authority: Interpretation and Identity
5. A Pure Way of Playing: The Naturalist Revival
6. At Play in the Fields of Law: The Reasoning Game
7. Playing by the Rules: A Good Faith Approach
8. Calling the Shots: The Development of Legal Doctrine
9. Playing Politics: Putting Poetry in Motion
10. Playing with the Rules: Experiments in Judging
11. Overtime? A Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Index