Syllogism and Defeasibilty: A Comment on Neil MacCormick’s Rhetoric and the Rule of Law

Giovanni Sartor

No 23, EUI-LAW Working Papers from European University Institute (EUI), Department of Law

Abstract: This paper provides a review of Rhetoric and the Rule of Law, by Neil MacCormick, focussing on the role of logic in legal reasoning. In particular it considers the connection between syllogism, formal methods and rhetoric, and it distinguishes various aspects of legal defeasibility

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Date: 2006-09-01
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