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Rhetoric and the Rule of Law
Neil Maccormick
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Description for Rhetoric and the Rule of Law
Paperback. Can the arguments of lawyers be rationally persuasive even if logically inconclusive? If not what becomes of the supposed security of living under the rule of law? This book answers these issues by offering a theory of legal reasoning and interpretation that addresses central problems in understanding the nature of law and the value of legality. Series: Law, State, and Practical Reason. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JPA; LAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 474.
When cases come before courts can we predict the outcome? Is legal reasoning rationally persuasive, working within a formal structure and using recognisable forms of arguments to produce predictable results? Or is legal reasoning mere ŕhetoric´ in the pejorative sense, open to use, and abuse, to achieve whatever ends unscrupulous politicians, lawyers and judges desire? If the latter what becomes of the supposed security of living under the rule of law? This book tackles these questions by presenting a theory of legal reasoning, developing the author's classic account given in Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory (OUP, 1978). It explains ... Read more
When cases come before courts can we predict the outcome? Is legal reasoning rationally persuasive, working within a formal structure and using recognisable forms of arguments to produce predictable results? Or is legal reasoning mere ŕhetoric´ in the pejorative sense, open to use, and abuse, to achieve whatever ends unscrupulous politicians, lawyers and judges desire? If the latter what becomes of the supposed security of living under the rule of law? This book tackles these questions by presenting a theory of legal reasoning, developing the author's classic account given in Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory (OUP, 1978). It explains ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Law, State, and Practical Reason
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199571246
SKU
V9780199571246
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About Neil Maccormick
Neil MacCormick was formerly the Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations (1972-2008) at the University of Edinburgh. he was appointed Queen's Counsel (QC) honoris causa, England and Wales in 1999 and was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2001 in recognition of services to scholarship in Law. He is the holder of the ... Read more
Reviews for Rhetoric and the Rule of Law
Rhetoric and the Rule of Law is a fine work. It is stimulating: it makes the reader want to argue and test its tenets. It is too good to be read only by legal theorists.
Joe Thomson, Edinburgh Law Review, Vol 13,
Its erudite elegance means that it will serve as an excellent introduction to jurisprudence for undergraduates, ... Read more
Joe Thomson, Edinburgh Law Review, Vol 13,
Its erudite elegance means that it will serve as an excellent introduction to jurisprudence for undergraduates, ... Read more