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Rhetoric and the rule of law : a theory of legal reasoning

Author: Neil MacCormick
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010
Series: Law, state, and practical reason
Edition/Format:  Print book : English : Repr. 2010View all editions and formats
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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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Document Type: Book
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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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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