Rhetoric and The Rule of Law: A Theory of Legal Reasoning (Law, State, and Practical Reason)
Description
When cases come before courts can we predict the outcome? Is legal reasoning rationally persuasive, working within a formal structure and using recognizable forms of arguments to produce predictable results? Or is legal reasoning mere "rhetoric" 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...
ISBN(s)
0199571244, 9780199571246
