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Author Yin, Kenneth, author

Title Legal problem solving and syllogistic analysis : a guide for foundation law students / Kenneth Yin, Anibeth Desierto
Published Chatswood : LexisNexis Butterworths, Oct. 2016
Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis Butterworths, 2016

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Description xiv, 167 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: IRAC, Legal Deductive Logic and the Syllogism. Chapter 3: Common Syllogistic Fallacies. Chapter 4: Identifying the Major Premise. Chapter 5: The Extraction of the Minor Premise. Chapter 6: Organising the Answer
Summary Understanding how to go about solving legal problems is a critical skill law students require in order to achieve success at law school and later in professional practice. This innovative text is a guide to developing students' critical thinking in solving legal problems through the application of the principles of logic. The authors explain how syllogistic analysis provides the underlying basis for legal problem solving using the IRAC method commonly taught in foundation law studies. Drawing on everyday examples, the processes of everyday reasoning are used both to deconstruct and reconstruct the reasoning itself. The step-by-step approach demonstrates the application of legal reasoning and research to generate appropriate responses to legal issues. It assists students to engage in critical analysis so as to make a reasoned choice amongst alternative responses to those legal problems. For lecturers, the book is supported by an online teaching guide and a suite of supplementary learning resources. The use of syllogisms as the basis for IRAC and its variants is supported with accessible models, clear analysis and case studies. The methodology is supported by research into the most effective teaching and learning approaches so as to empower students by equipping them from the outset of their law studies with the cognitive skills required by lawyers
Analysis Australian
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Law -- Study and teaching.
Logic.
Problem solving.
Reasoning.
Syllogism.
Author Desierto, Anibeth, author
ISBN 9780409343229