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Thinking Like a Lawyer: A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning

HAVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS



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Length:     256 Pages   13 Chapters
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Publisher: Havard University Press
Released: 2012-04-16
Category: Non Fiction - Self-help Book
ISBN:        978-0674062481

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 embodies values other than simply that of making the best decision for the particular occasion or dispute.
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Thinking Like a Lawyer: A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning

Ratings:       0/5 Stars   (0)
Length:     256 Pages   13 Chapters
Publisher: Havard University Press
Released: 2012-04-16
ISBN:        978-0674062481