Thinking Like a Lawyer A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning

Name: Thinking Like a Lawyer A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning
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ISBN: 9780674062481

ISBN-10: 0674062485

ISBN-13: 9780674062481

Edition: 2009

Authors: Frederick Schauer

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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. In addressing the question whether legal reasoning is distinctive, Frederick Schauer emphasizes the formality and rule-dependence of law. When taking the words of a statute seriously, when following a rule even when it does not produce the best result, when treating the fact of a past decision as a reason for…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 4/16/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Frederick Schauer is David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia.