Primer on legal reasoning
Gold, Michael Evan
Primer on legal reasoning Michael Evan Gold - London Cornell University Press 2018 - xvii, 340 p. illustrations 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Issues -- Identifying the governing rule of law -- Levels of abstraction -- Deduction -- Induction -- Arguments in general -- Arguments classified by function -- Arguments based on evidence -- Policy arguments -- Doctrinal arguments -- Analogies and precedents -- Distinctions -- Holding and dictum -- Reductios ad absurdum -- Subjective and objective standards -- Interpreting statutes -- Prima facie case, affirmative defense, burden of proof -- Application of law to fact -- A model of legal argument.
"An introduction to the most important forms of legal reasoning using the principles of analytical or critical thinking"--
9781501728594
2018011993
Law--Methodology.
Law--Interpretation and construction.
Reasoning.
K213 / .G65 2018
340.19 / GO-P
Primer on legal reasoning Michael Evan Gold - London Cornell University Press 2018 - xvii, 340 p. illustrations 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Issues -- Identifying the governing rule of law -- Levels of abstraction -- Deduction -- Induction -- Arguments in general -- Arguments classified by function -- Arguments based on evidence -- Policy arguments -- Doctrinal arguments -- Analogies and precedents -- Distinctions -- Holding and dictum -- Reductios ad absurdum -- Subjective and objective standards -- Interpreting statutes -- Prima facie case, affirmative defense, burden of proof -- Application of law to fact -- A model of legal argument.
"An introduction to the most important forms of legal reasoning using the principles of analytical or critical thinking"--
9781501728594
2018011993
Law--Methodology.
Law--Interpretation and construction.
Reasoning.
K213 / .G65 2018
340.19 / GO-P