Approaches to Legal Rationality: 20 (Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science)

Book Details

• Author: Dov M. Gabbay

• Publisher: Springer

• Edition: Illustrated

• Binding: Hardcover

• Format: Illustrated

• Number of Pages: 422

• Release Date: 09-10-2010

• ISBN: 9789048195879

• Language: English

About The Book

Legal Argumentation brings together insights from a range of disciplines, including legal theory, political science, sociology, philosophy, logic, and artificial intelligence, to explore the complex phenomenon of legal rationality. This illustrated edition presents historical and thematic contributions from leading scholars, addressing the relationship between logic and law—examining not only how logic is applied in legal contexts but also how it can be used to make the law more explicit.

The book provides a rare opportunity for diverse traditions—analytical and continental philosophy, among others—to converge, offering a broader view of legal argumentation. These contributions come from a distinguished group of philosophers, logicians, and jurists, each bringing their unique perspectives to the field. While the authors employ different conceptual tools, they share a unified vision: legal argumentation is a distinct argumentative context that bridges multiple academic disciplines.

This collection is ideal for those interested in understanding the complexities of legal reasoning and the interdisciplinary nature of legal studies, particularly those in the fields of legal theory, philosophy of law, and logic.