Reasoning with Rules - An Essay on Legal Reasoning and Its Underlying Logic (Hardcover, 1997 ed.)

Rule-applying legal arguments are traditionally treated as a kind of syllogism. Such a treatment overlooks the fact that legal principles and rules are not statements which describe the world, but rather means by which humans impose structure on the world. Legal rules create legal consequences, they do not describe them. This has consequences for the logic of rule- and principle-applying arguments, the most important of which may be that such arguments are defeasible. This book offers an extensive analysis of the role of rules and principles in legal reasoning, which focuses on the close relationship between rules, principles, and reasons. Moreover, it describes a logical theory which assigns a central place to the notion of reasons for and against a conclusion, and which is especially suited to deal with rules and principles.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Law and Philosophy Library, 27
Release date:	November 1996
First published:	November 1996
Authors:	Jaap Hage
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	266
Edition:	1997 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-4325-7
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
LSN:	0-7923-4325-5
Barcode:	9780792343257

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