Rhetoric and the rule of law : a theory of legal reasoning / Neil MacCormick.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Law -- Methodology.

Law -- Philosophy.

Rule of law.

Table of cases

1. Prologue: institutional theory and the lawmaker's perspective

2. The rule of law and the arguable character of law

3. On the legal syllogism

4. Defending deductivism

5. Universals and particulars

6. Judging by consequences

7. Arguing about interpretation

8. Using precedents

9. Being reasonable

10. Coherence, principles, and analogies

11. Legal narratives

12. Arguing defeasibly

13. Judging mistakenly?

Index of names

Index of subjects.

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