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Reasoning with Rules
Jaap Hage
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Description for Reasoning with Rules
paperback. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Series
Law and Philosophy Library
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048147731
SKU
V9789048147731
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99-15
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