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Teka Commission of Legal Sciences Polish Academy of Sciences Branch in Lublin

Vol. 10 (2017)

Articles

Thinking Like a Lawyer. Two Determinants of Legal Reasoning

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32084/tkp.6169  [Google Scholar]
Published: 2017-12-31

Abstract

This paper aims to show circumstances deciding on legal reasoning. This is undertaken with reference to the rhetorical concept of an argument and in regard to attributes of legal interpretation. Thus, on the basis of an argument conceived as a set of utterances, the author investigates utterances formulated in a perspective of law application. Then, there are examined points of common agreement among legal scholars on rules of legal interpretation. The received data disclose two determinants of legal reasoning.

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