The tapestry of reason : an inquiry into the nature of coherence and its role in legal argument / Amalia Amaya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amaya, Amalia, author.

Series:

European Academy of Legal Theory series ; v. 12.

European Academy of Legal Theory series ; v. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Methodology.

Law.

Law--Philosophy.

Truth--Coherence theory.

Truth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (644 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"In recent years coherence theories of law and adjudication have been extremely influential in legal scholarship. These theories significantly advance the case for coherentism in law. Nonetheless, in the field of coherence theory in law a number of problems remain. This ambitious new work makes the first concerted attempt to develop a coherence-based theory of legal reasoning, and in so doing addresses, or at least mitigates these problems. The book is organised in three parts. The first part provides a critical analysis of the main coherentist approaches to both normative and factual reasoning in law. The second part investigates coherence theory in a number of fields that are relevant to law: coherence theories of epistemic justification, coherentist approaches to belief revision and theory-choice, coherence theories of practical and moral reasoning, and coherence-based approaches to discourse interpretation. Taking this interdisciplinary analysis as a starting point, the third part develops a coherence-based model of legal reasoning. While this model builds upon the standard theory of legal reasoning, it also leads to rethinking some of the basic assumptions that characterise this theory, and suggests some lines along which it may be further developed. Thus, ultimately, the book not only improves upon the current state of coherence theory in law, but also contributes to the larger debate about how to articulate a theory of legal reasoning that results in better decision-making."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

pt. I. Legal coherentism

pt. II. Interdisciplinary perspectives

pt. III. Coherence and reason in law.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781509915460

150991546X

9781474200943

147420094X

9781782255161

1782255168

OCLC:

905543998