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Logic of Choice

An Investigation of the Concepts of Rule and Rationality

"Logic of Choice" was published by Taylor & Francis Group in 2019 - Milton, it has 184 pages and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: Logic of Choice
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 184
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
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  • Publish Location: Milton

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Some Notions of Rationality and Law -- Reasoning with rules is not reducible to a species of deductive reasoning -- Reasoning with rules is not reducible to a species of inductive reasoning -- Reasoning with rules is not reducible to a form of scientific reasoning -- Irrationalist theories of the judicial process -- Ideals of rationality -- III. The Logic of Reasoning with Rules -- Some concepts of rule -- The structural characteristics of rules -- The correspondence between rules and events -- Language in rules -- IV. The Facts -- Some concepts of fact -- Standards by which facts are relevant -- (i) The applicable rule -- (ii) Maxims and rules of interpretation -- (iii) Moral rules and principles -- (iv) Economic and social considerations -- (v) Consequences of proposed decisions -- Standards by which facts are material in other contexts -- V. Reasoning with Rules: Some Other Necessary Ingredients -- The process of reasoning from facts to decision -- Statement of the inference drawn -- The enunciation of the rule justifying the decision -- rules of guidance and rules of justification -- The decision, its consequences and the scope of the statement enunciated -- VI. Precedent -- Some concepts of precedent -- Critique of some theories of ratio decidendi -- (i) The inferring in the precedent case -- (ii) The enunciated rule of the precedent case -- Judicial law-making -- VII. The Interpretation of Rules -- Some concepts of interpretation -- (i) The one word one meaning school -- (ii) (iii) Intention -- (iv) Anticipating appeals -- (v) The reasonable man's interpretation -- (vi) The free discretion of judges -- Some uses of 'interpretation'

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