Thinking Like a Lawyer
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CompareThis is a book about thinking and reasoning. More particularly, it is about the thinking, reasoning, and argumentative methods of lawyers.
Description
This primer on legal reasoning is aimed at law students and upper-level undergraduates. But it is also an original exposition of basic legal concepts that scholars and lawyers will find stimulating. It covers such topics as rules, precedent, authority, analogical reasoning, the common law, statutory interpretation, legal realism, judicial opinions, legal facts, and burden of proof.
In addressing the question whether legal reasoning is distinctive, Frederick Schauer emphasizes the formality and rule-dependence of law. When taking the words of a statute seriously, when following a rule even when it does not produce the best result, when treating the fact of a past decision as a reason for making the same decision again, or when relying on authoritative sources, the law embodie.
Additional information
| Author | Frederick Schauer |
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| Published Date | 27 Apr 2009 |
| Pages | 256 pages |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
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