Defeasibility in Judicial Opinion: Logical or Procedural?

While defeasibility in legal reasoning has been the subject of recent scholarship, it has yet to be studied in the context of judicial opinion. Yet, being subject to appeal, judicial decisions can default for a variety of reasons. Prakken (2001) argued that the defeasibility affecting reasoning invo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David Godden, Douglas Walton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2008-02-01
Series:Informal Logic
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Online Access:https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/510