Thinking like a lawyer : a new introduction to legal reasoning /
Schauer, Frederick F.
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press,
c2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Is there legal reasoning? -- Rules : in law and elsewhere -- The practice and problems of precedent -- Authority and authorities -- The use and abuse of analogies -- The idea of the common law -- The challenge of legal realism -- The interpretation of statutes -- The judicial opinion -- Making law with rules and standards -- Law and fact -- The burden of proof and its cousins.
Law