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Analogy and Exemplary Reasoning in Legal Discourse

Year: 2017

Type: book

Abstract: This book brings together contributions from leading figures in legal studies on analogy and related forms of reasoning in the law. Analogical reasoning-which relies on the concept of two different things being in some way like each other-is hugely important not just in the practice of law, but it is nonetheless strongly contested. This volume raises key questions like: What is the logical, argumentative, rhetorical, or just heuristic force of analogy in law? Is analogy really different from extensive interpretation, reasoning by precedent and appeal to paradigm?

Source: Amsterdam University Press eBooks

DOI: 10.1515/9789048537143

Authors: Kaptein, Hendrik, Velden, Bastiaan van der 1970-

Institution: Jagiellonian University

Language: English

Topic: Legal Language and Interpretation

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4211235149

FWCI: 1.021

Cites: 122

Cited by: 11

Related to: 10