Legal Reasoning

by Melvin A. Eisenberg

The common law, which is made by courts, consists of rules that govern relations between individuals, such as torts (the law of private wrongs) and contracts. Legal Reasoning explains and analyzes the modes of reasoning utilized by the courts in making and applying common law rules. These modes include reasoning from binding precedents (prior cases that are binding on the deciding court); reasoning from authoritative although not binding sources,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009162500
• ISBN13: 9781009162500
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"