Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory /
by Neil MacCormick.
- Oxford [Eng.] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1978.
- xi, 298 p. ; 23 cm.
- Clarendon law series .
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Deductive Justification. 3. Deductive Justification-Presuppositions and Limits. 4. The Constraint of Formal Justice. 5. Second-Order Justification. 6. Consequentialist Arguments. 7. The Requirement of 'Coherence'. 8. The Requirement of Consistency and the Problem of Interpretation: Clear Cases and Hard Cases. 9. Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory Excursus. 10. Law, Morality and the Limits of Practical Reason.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
0198760809 : £5.75 ($14.95)
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Law--Methodology. Law--Philosophy. Judicial process--Great Britain. Law--Interpretation and construction.--Great Britain