Reasoning with Rules

An Essay on Legal Reasoning and Its Underlying Logic
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-90-481-4773-1
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 27, 266 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 435 g

Reihe: Law and Philosophy Library

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 the close relationship between rules, principles, and reasons. Moreover, it describes a logical theory which assigns a central place to the notion of reasons for and against a conclusion, and which is especially suited to deal with rules and principles.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hage, Jaap

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtstheorie, Rechtsmethodik, Rechtsdogmatik, Rechtsprechungslehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I Introduction.- II Of Reasons.- III Reasoning with Rules.- IV Reason-Based Logic.- V Applications of Reason-Based Logic.- VI Concluding Observations.- References.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.