Rhetoric and the rule of law : a theory of legal reasoning by Neil Maccormick.
Material type: TextLanguage: Publication details: New York : Oxford, 2009.Description: 295 pISBN:- 9780199571246
- 340.11 MAC/RHE
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Table of contents:
Chapter 1. Institutional theory and the lawmaker's perspective
Chapter 2. The rule of law and the arguable character of law
Chapter 3. On the legal syllogism
Chapter 4. Defending deductivism
Chapter 5. Universals and particulars
Chapter 6. Judging by consequences
Chapter 7. Arguing about interpretation
Chapter 8. Using precedents
Chapter 9. Being reasonable
Chapter 10. Coherence, principles, and analogies
Chapter 11. Legal narratives
Chapter 12. Arguing defeasibly
Chapter 13. Judging mistakenly