Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning / Edition 3

by Steven J. Burton

Overview

Now in its Third Edition, An Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning continues to be the ideal go-to for the first year law student. It is a short, practical book that introduces beginning law students and others to contemporary law and legal reasoning. By presenting these topics through various discussions of cases and examples, it provides students with a solid source to reference for years to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780735562776
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date:	01/10/2007
Series:	Academic Success Series
Edition description:	Third Edition, New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Cases and Rules
2. Analogical Legal Reasoning
3. Deductive Legal Reasoning
4. Combining Analogies and Deductions
5. Legal Reasons and Conventions
6. Purposes
7. The Judge's Perspective
8. Hardest Cases
9. The Lawyer's Perspective
10. Legitimacy