TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maccormick, Neil
TI  - Rhetoric and the rule of law : : a theory of legal  reasoning
SN  - 9780199571246
U1  - 340.11 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford
KW  - Law--Methodology
KW  - Law--Philosophy
KW  - Rule of law
N1  - 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
ER  -