On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > ps. If you say this R1482 allows very specific precedence rules > to be adopted (e.g. "this rule has precedence over rests") how > about this very specific one: "this rule has precedence over > all rules that specify precedence"?
Then the text of the rules is unclear (paradoxically so) as to precedence, and we apply game custom and common sense in accepting the higher-powered rule's claim. Just like a real world judge would do with a local ordinance saying "this law takes precedence over the US Constitution."
