A primer on legal reasoning /

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"An introduction to the most important forms of legal reasoning using the principles of analytical or critical thinking"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gold, Michael Evan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, New York : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Law > Methodology.
Law > Interpretation and construction.
Reasoning.
Droit > Interprétation.
LAW > Essays.
LAW > General Practice.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW > Practical Guides.
LAW > Reference.
LAW > Legal Writing.
Law > Interpretation and construction
Law > Methodology
Reasoning
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Issues
  • Identifying the governing rule of law
  • Levels of abstraction
  • Deduction
  • Induction
  • Arguments in general
  • Arguments classified by function
  • Arguments based on evidence
  • Policy arguments
  • Doctrinal arguments
  • Analogies and precedents
  • Distinctions
  • Holding and dictum
  • Reductios ad absurdum
  • Subjective and objective standards
  • Interpreting statutes
  • Prima facie case, affirmative defense, burden of proof
  • Application of law to fact
  • A model of legal argument.

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