1. Describe John Rawls' "principle of fair play" in detail and explain how this theory supports a subject's duty to obey the law.
2. Describe the difference between the objective benevolence theory of lawmaking and the representative rulemaking theory of lawmaking and provide an example to illustrate the difference between these two theories.
3. When the law "runs out," in the sense that the judge must decide the meaning of a vague statute when there is no convincing evidence of the legislative intent behind such law, it is said that there is "legal indeterminacy" and the judge must use their discretionary decision-making power. What are the opposing views between Ronald Dworkin and American legal realists regarding how common it is for judges to decide cases based on discretion (judicial discretion)?

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