Schauer, Frederick F.

Thinking like a lawyer : a new introduction to legal reasoning / Frederick F. Schauer - xiv, 239 pages

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intoduction : 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 statutes The judicial opinion Making law with rules and standards law and fact The burden of proof and its cousins

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Law--Methodology

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