Litigation logic
Subtitle: a practical guide to effective argument
By: by Paul Bosanac.
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 486
ISBN-13: 9781604425710
Subjects: Trial practice -- United States; Forensic oratory; Logic
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The legal logic flow chart; title: The rules of legal logic; title: Prohibited arguments; title: Ad hominem (abusive) : personal attacks; title: Ad hominem (circumstantial) : bias and prejudice; title: Tu quoque : saying one thing, doing another; title: Poisoning the well; title: Appeal to authority; title: Accent : emphasizing certain words; title: Equivocation : shifts in meaning; title: Amphiboly : which meaning is intended?; title: Hypostatization : expressing abstractions; title: Appealing to ignorance; title: Pity : appealing to sympathy; title: Hurling epithets; title: Humor and ridicule; title: Appealing to the mob; title: Slippery slope; title: Reductio ad absurdum; title: Wrongs rarely make a right; title: Threats, force, and fear; title: Begging the question; title: The complex question; title: False cause; title: False analogy; title: Either/or : hobson's choice; title: Genetic : attacking the origin; title: Red herrings; title: Straw man; title: Division : painting with the same brush; title: Composition : one bad apple; title: Sweeping generalizations; title: Hasty generalizations; title: Lies, damn lies, and statistics.