Premises and Conclusions: Symbolic Logic for Legal Analysis - Softcover

Robert E. Rodes, Jr.; Howard Pospesel

9780132626354: Premises and Conclusions: Symbolic Logic for Legal Analysis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132626357 ISBN 13: 9780132626354

Publisher: Pearson, 1996

This solidly written book explains the elements of contemporary symbolic logic, and examines the ways in which it illuminates the structure of legal reasoning and clarifies various legal problems. Offering a clear and succinct presentation of standard propositional and predicate logic, it presents the elements of standard logic and applies those techniques to legal materials. It covers the use of standard logic in legal argument, including the denial or distinguishing of premises and the rules of pleading, and makes extensive use of legal materials, cases and statutes, in both examples and exercises. Readers are also given strategies for handling major legal problems in standard logic, including ways for treating conditions contrary to fact, necessary and sufficient conditions, result within the risk, and intent. For logicians and philosophers of law.

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From the Publisher:

Exploring the intersection of legal analysis and symbolic logic, this solidly written book explains the elements of contemporary symbolic logic and examines the ways in which this powerful tool illuminates the structure of legal reasoning and clarifies various legal problems. Presenting concepts and techniques in a clear and orderly manner, it illustrates discussions with practical examples, legal cases and problems, and integrates numerous exercises to help students check their mastery of the material.

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this volume presents the elements of contemporary symbolic logic, and applies that powerful instrument to reasoning in the law. Deductive logic is employed to illuminate the structure of legal reasoning and clarify various legal problems.

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