New Essays on the Nature of Legal Reasoning

This is the first book to bring together distinguished jurisprudential theorists as well as up-and-coming scholars to critically assess the nature of legal reasoning. <br/><br/>The volume is divided into 3 parts: <br/><br/>The first part General Jurisprudence and Legal Reasoning addresses issues at the intersection of general jurisprudence - those pertaining to the nature of law itself - and legal reasoning.<br/><br/>The second part Rules and Reasons addresses two concepts central to two prominent types of theory of legal reasoning.<br/><br/>The essays in the third and final part Doctrine and Practice delve into the mechanics of legal practice and doctrine from a legal reasoning perspective.