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Rethinking legal reasoning / Geoffrey Samuel.
Series: Rethinking lawPublisher: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2018]Description: xvi, 386 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781784712600 (hardback)
- 340.1 SAM 23
- K212 .S256 2018
Contents:
Summary: "'Rethinking' legal reasoning seems a bold aim given the large amount of literature devoted to this topic. In this thought-provoking book, Geoffrey Samuel proposes a different way of approaching legal reasoning by examining the topic through the context of legal knowledge (epistemology). What is it to have knowledge of legal reasoning?"
General introduction -- What was the contribution of the medieval civilians? -- What was the contribution of the Roman lawyers? -- What was the contribution of the later civilians and the common lawyers? -- What is the institutional legacy? -- What is the legal literature legacy? -- How do legal reasoners treat facts? -- Is legal reasoning like medical reasoning? -- Is legal reasoning like reasoning in film studies? -- Is legal reasoning based on fictions? -- Can legal reasoning be rethought? -- Rethinking legal reasoning: should jurists take interests more seriously? -- Should jurists take interests more seriously (continued)? .
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-346) and index.
General introduction -- What was the contribution of the medieval civilians? -- What was the contribution of the Roman lawyers? -- What was the contribution of the later civilians and the common lawyers? -- What is the institutional legacy? -- What is the legal literature legacy? -- How do legal reasoners treat facts? -- Is legal reasoning like medical reasoning? -- Is legal reasoning like reasoning in film studies? -- Is legal reasoning based on fictions? -- Can legal reasoning be rethought? -- Rethinking legal reasoning: should jurists take interests more seriously? -- Should jurists take interests more seriously (continued)? .
"'Rethinking' legal reasoning seems a bold aim given the large amount of literature devoted to this topic. In this thought-provoking book, Geoffrey Samuel proposes a different way of approaching legal reasoning by examining the topic through the context of legal knowledge (epistemology). What is it to have knowledge of legal reasoning?"
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