TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gold,Michael Evan
TI  - Primer on legal reasoning 
SN  - 9781501728594 
AV  - K213 .G65 2018
U1  - 340.19 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Law
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - Reasoning
N1  - 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
N2  - "An introduction to the most important forms of legal reasoning using the principles of analytical or critical thinking"--
ER  -