Argument Types and Fallacies in Legal Argumentation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bustamante, Thomas (Editor), Dahlman, Christian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Law and Philosophy Library, 112
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Law > Philosophy.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Philosophy of Law.

This book provides theoretical tools for evaluating the soundness of arguments in the context of legal argumentation. It deals with a number of general argument types and their particular use in legal argumentation. It provides detailed analyses of argument from authority, argument ad hominem, argum...