Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory
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Abstract What makes an argument in a law case good or bad? Can legal decisions be justified by purely rational argument or are they ultimately determined by more subjective influences? These questions are central to the study of jurisprudence, and are critically examined in this book.
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- Authors
- MacCormick, N.
- Corresponding author
- MacCormick, Neil
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- Oxford University Press eBooks
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- Oxford University Press
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- 1994-08-11
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- W4230311549
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- 1.07
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- book
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- en
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- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies
- Social Sciences › Law › Legal processes and jurisprudence
- Social Sciences › Law › Legal Language and Interpretation
- Keywords
- legal reasoning, legal theory, justification of legal decisions, rational arguments, legal personality, legal argumentation
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