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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Neil MacCormick |
ISBN: | 0199571244 9780199571246 0198268785 9780198268789 |
OCLC Number: | 1040940974 |
Description: | xvi, 287 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Institutional theory and the lawmaker's perspective -- The rule of law and the arguable character of law -- On the legal syllogism -- Defending deductivism -- Universals and particulars -- Judging by consequences -- Arguing about interpretation -- Using precedents -- Being reasonable -- Coherence, principles, and analogies -- Legal narratives -- Arguing defeasibly -- Judging mistakenly? |
Series Title: | Law, state, and practical reason |
Responsibility: | Neil MacCormick. |
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Abstract:
Is legal reasoning rationally persuasive, working within a discernible structure and using recognisable kinds of arguments? Does it belong to rhetoric in this sense, or to the domain of the merely 'rhetorical' in an adversative sense? Neil MacCormick tackles these questions to provide a comparative analysis of legal reasoning.
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