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

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 co...

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Main Author:	MacCormick, Neil
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:	Law, state, and practical reason.
Subjects:	Law > Methodology. Law > Philosophy. Rule of law. Règle de droit. LAW. Constitutional. Political. PHILOSOPHY. History & Theory. POLITICAL SCIENCE. Sociology. SOCIAL SCIENCE. Law > Methodology Law > Philosophy Rule of law Electronic books.
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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 287 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:	9780191018787 0191018783 9780191713064 0191713066