Title Legal argumentation and evidence / Douglas Walton

Published University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2002] ©2002

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Description xvii, 374 pages ; 25 cm Contents 1. Special Features of Argumentation in a Legal System -- 2. Forms of Argument Commonly Used in Law -- 3. Circumstantial Evidence -- 4. Plausibility and Probability -- 5. The Dialectical Framework of Legal Argumentation -- 6. A Plausibilistic Theory of Evidence -- 7. Relevance in Persuasion Dialogue -- 8. Multi-Agent Argumentation and Credibility -- 9. How to Use the New Method Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Logic. Law -- Methodology. Evidence (Law) Reasoning. LC no. 2001055956 ISBN 0271021772 cloth alkaline paper

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