Reasoning with Rules : An Essay on Legal Reasoning and Its Underlying Logic /

Rule-applying legal arguments are traditionally treated as a kind of syllogism. Such a treatment overlooks the fact that legal principles and rules are not statements which describe the world, but rather means by which humans impose structure on the world. Legal rules create legal consequences, they...

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Main Author:	Hage, Jaap C.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1997.
Series:	Law and philosophy library ; 27.
Subjects:	Law. Logic. Philosophy of law. Artificial intelligence. Computers > Law and legislation. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book