The common law, which is made by courts, consists of rules that govern relations between individuals, such as contracts and torts (the law of private wrongs). 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 decid...(展开全部)

What makes an argument in a law case good or bad? Can legal decisions be justified by purely rational argument or are they ultimately determined by more subjective influences? These questions are central to the study of jurisprudence, and are thoroughly and critically examined in Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory, now with a new and up-to-date foreword. Its clarity of explanatio...(展开全部)

This thought-provoking book explores the multifaceted phenomenon of objectivity and its relations to various aspects of the law and practical reasoning. Featuring contributions from an international group of researchers from differing legal contexts, it addresses topics relevant not only from a theoretical point of view but also themes directly connected with legal and judicial...(展开全部)

法律人案頭必備的工具書！系統介紹司法實踐中法律人推理的各種方法，真實地還原法官裁判的具體思維過程。 普通法是由法院創制的獨特法律體系，它由調整個人關係的規則所組成，例如侵權法和合同法。法律推理展示了法院在制定和適用普通法規則時使用的推理模式。這些模式包括：依照具有約束力的先例推理，從雖不具有約束力但屬權威性的淵源（比如權威論文）進行推理，類比推理，從道德、政策和經驗命題推理，例外情況，區分先例以及推翻先例。本書進一步研究和解釋了邏輯、演繹和良好判斷在法律推理中的作用。本書語言文字通俗易懂，還附帶有詳盡的案例描述，對於任何想親身掌握法律推理人，是不可多得的一本寶典。

A central concern of economics is how society allocates its resources. Modern economies rely on two institutions to allocate: markets and governments. But how much of the allocating should be performed by markets and how much by governments? This collection of readings will help students appreciate the power of the market. It supplements theoretical explanations of how markets ...(展开全部)

A central concern of economics is how society allocates its resources. Modern economies rely on two institutions to allocate: markets and governments. But how much of the allocating should be performed by markets and how much by governments? This collection of readings will help students appreciate the power of the market. It supplements theoretical explanations of how markets ...(展开全部)

In this unique volume, James Hackney invites readers to enter the minds of 10 legal experts that in the late 20th century changed the way we understand and use theory in law today. True to the title of the book, Hackney spent hours in conversation with legal intellectuals, interviewing them about their early lives as thinkers and scholars, their contributions to American legal ...(展开全部)

Here is a clear and authoritative discussion of the basic concerns which underlie the development and use of language tests, and an up-to-date synthesis of research on testing. Primarily for students on teacher education courses, it is also an invaluable resource for all those professionally involved in designing and administering tests, acting as a complement to practical 'how...(展开全部)