Legal Argumentation and Evidence

About the author

Douglas Walton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Winnipeg. He is the author of four other books published by Penn State Press: The Place of Emotion in Argument (1992), Arguments from Ignorance (1995), Appeal to Expert Opinion (1997), and Appeal to Popular Opinion (1998).

Summary

Walton focuses in this new book on how reasoning operates in trials and other legal contexts, with special emphasis on the law of evidence. This dialogical model gives new meaning to the key notions of relevance and probative weight, with the latter analyzed in terms of pragmatic criteria for what constitutes plausible evidence rather than truth.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Walton, Douglas (University of Winnipeg) Walton
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2012
• EAN: 9780271058351
• ISBN: 978-0-271-05835-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, LAW / Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation, LAW / Alternative Dispute Resolution, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Arbitration, mediation & alternative dispute resolution, Arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution