Legal Reason - The Use of Analogy in Legal Argument

Informationen zum Autor Lloyd L. Weinreb is Dane Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Harvard Law School. His other books include Natural Law and Justice (1987) and Oedipus at Fenway Park: What Rights Are and Why There Are Any (1994). Klappentext In this book, the pervasive use of analogies in the reasoning of lawyers and judges is explained in clear, simple, untechnical prose. Zusammenfassung Legal Reason describes and explains analogical reasoning! the distinctive feature of legal argument! and challenges the view that it is a logically flawed form of deductive reasoning. This book is intended for prospective law students! as well as for the general reader interested in law. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Steamboats, broadcast transmissions, and electronic eavesdropping; 2. Analogical legal reasoning; 3. Objections; 4. Analogical reasoning, legal education, and the rule of law; Appendix A. Note on the problem of universals; Appendix B. Biographical notes.

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• Authors: Lloyd L Weinreb, Lloyd L (Harvard University Weinreb, Lloyd L. Weinreb, Lloyd L. (Harvard University Weinreb
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9781316607329
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60732-9
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; LAW / General, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law