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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Bibliographic Details
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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Table of Contents:

Institutional theory and the lawmaker's perspective
The rule of law and the arguable character of law
On the legal syllogism
Defending deductivism
Universals and particulars
Judging by consequences
Arguing about interpretation
Using precedents
Being reasonable
Coherence, principles, and analogies
Legal narratives
Arguing defeasibly
Judging mistakenly?