Advanced introduction to legal reasoning /

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Main Authors: Alexander, Larry, 1943- (Author), Sherwin, Emily, 1955- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021
Series:Elgar advanced introductions.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to legal reasoning
  • Settling moral controversy
  • Interpreting posited rules
  • Infelicities of, and norms constraining, intended meaning
  • Non-intentionalist interpretation
  • Natural reasoning and deduction from rules
  • The mystification of common law reasoning
  • Judicial practice
  • All or nothing.