1st Edition
Logic, Probability, and Presumptions in Legal Reasoning
Edited By Scott Brewer
Copyright 1998
414 Pages
by
Routledge
416 Pages
by
Routledge
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At least since plato and Aristotle, thinkers have pondered the relationship between philosophical arguments and the "sophistical" arguments offered by the Sophists -- who were the first professional lawyers. Judges wield substantial political power, and the justifications they offer for their decisions are a vital means by which citizens can assess the legitimacy of how that power is exercised.... Read more
Chapter 1 SYMBOLIC LOGIC: A RAZOR-EDGED TOOL FOR DRAFTING AND INTERPRETING LEGAL DOCUMENTS, LAYMAN E. ALLEN; Chapter 2 EXEMPLARY REASONING: SEMANTICS, PRAGMATICS, AND THE RATIONAL FORCE OF LEGAL ARGUMENT BY ANALOGY BY ANALOGY, Scott Brewer; Chapter 3 Subjective Probability and the Paradox of the Gatecrasher, L. Jonathan Cohen; Chapter 4 THE PLACE OF LOGIC IN THE LAW; Chapter 5 Logical Method and Law, JOHN DEWEY; Chapter 6 The Laws of Probability and the Law of the Land, David Kayet; Chapter 7 REASON AND LOGIC IN THE COMMON LAW; Chapter 8 LOGIC AND LAW; Chapter 9 LAW LOGIC, JEFFRIE G. MURPHY; Chapter 10 THE EVIDENCE OR THE EVENT? ON JUDICIAL PROOF AND THE ACCEPTABILITY OF VERDICTS, Charles Nesson; Chapter 11 LOGIC IN THE LAW, EDWIN W. PATTERSON; Chapter 12 A NOTE ON SYMBOLIC LOGIC AND THE LAW, ROBERT S. SUMMERS; Chapter 13 SYNTACTIC AMBIGUITY, CONCEPTUAL VAGUENESS, AND THE LAWYER'S HARD THINKING, ILMAR TAMMELO; Chapter 14 TRIAL BY MATHEMATICS: PRECISION AND RITUAL IN THE LEGAL PROCESS, Laurence H. Tribe;
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Scott Brewer
