Thinking like a lawyer : a new introduction to legal reasoning / / Frederick Schauer
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| Autore: |
Schauer Frederick F
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| Titolo: |
Thinking like a lawyer : a new introduction to legal reasoning / / Frederick Schauer
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 340/.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Law - Methodology |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: Is there legal reasoning? -- Rules : in law and elsewhere -- The practice and problems of precedent -- Authority and authorities -- The use and abuse of analogies -- The idea of the common law -- The challenge of legal realism -- The interpretation of statutes -- The judicial opinion -- Making law with rules and standards -- Law and fact -- The burden of proof and its cousins. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Thinking like a lawyer |
| ISBN: | 0-674-05456-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816128903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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