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Rhetoric and The Rule of Law: A Theory of Legal Reasoning - Law, State, and Practical Reason MacCormick, Neil (Formerly Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations, the University of Edinburgh)
Rhetoric and The Rule of Law: A Theory of Legal Reasoning - Law, State, and Practical Reason
MacCormick, Neil (Formerly Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations, the University of Edinburgh)
Discusses theories of legal reasoning and provides an overall view of the rhetoric of legal justification. This book shows how and why lawyers arguments can be rationally persuasive even though rarely, if ever, logically conclusive or compelling. It examines the role of "legal syllogism" and universality of legal reasoning.
304 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 28, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198268789 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 162 × 242 × 23 mm · 622 g |
| Language | English |