This is the first book to bring together distinguished jurisprudential theorists, as well as up-and-coming scholars, to critically assess the nature of legal reasoning.
The volume is divided into 3 parts:
The first part, General Jurisprudence and Legal Reasoning, addresses issues at the intersection of general jurisprudence - those pertaining to the nature of law itself - and legal reasoning.
The second part, Rules and Reasons, addresses two concepts central to two prominent types of theory of legal reasoning.
The essays in the third and final part, Doctrine and Practice, delve into the mechanics of legal practice and doctrine, from a legal reasoning perspective.
Mark McBride is Associate Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore. Mark holds advanced degrees in Law and in Philosophy. He has published work in the leading journals on diverse topics in legal theory, including legal reasoning and general jurisprudence, but his chief principal research focus is rights theory.
George Pavlakos is Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, UK.
James Penner is Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. Since 1992, he has taught law at Brunel University, the London School of Economics, King's College London, and from 2008 until 2013 as Professor of Property Law at the Faculty of Laws, University College London. He has been a visiting professor in China, Canada, Belgium, and Australia.