Analogy and Exemplary Reasoning in Legal Discourse

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...

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Main Author: Kaptein, Hendrik
Other Authors: Van der Velden, Bastiaan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Imitation and analogy / Amaya, Amalia
  • 2. Indefeasible analogical argument / Brewer, Scott
  • 3. Is analogy a form of legal reasoning? / Brożek, Bartosz
  • 4. Analogical reasoning and extensive interpretation / Canale, Damiano / Tuzet, Giovanni
  • 5. Analogy and balancing / Duarte, David
  • 6. Analogy and balancing / Brożek, Bartosz
  • 7. Analogy and balancing once again / Duarte, David
  • 8. Argument by analogy in the law / Golding, Martin
  • 9. Undoing damage by analogy / Kaptein, Hendrik
  • 10. Analogy in the strict liability rules in the Dutch Civil Code / Velden, Bastiaan van der
  • Bibliography
  • Index.