This book provides theoretical tools for evaluating the soundness of arguments in the context of legal argumentation. It deals with a number of general argument

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A leading expert in informal logic, Douglas Walton turns his attention in this new book to how reasoning operates in trials and other legal contexts, with speci

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This book, written by a leading expert, and based on the latest research, shows how to apply methods of argumentation to a range of examples.