The Notion of an Ideal Audience in Legal Argument /

This book examines in some detail how our concepts of an ideal or `universal' audience influence legal argument. It shows how asking what are the arguments and the forms of argumentation that we believe would be accepted by such an audience, is a useful analytical tool. The book explores what,...

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Main Author: Christie, George C.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2000.
Series:Law and philosophy library ; 45.
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