Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-346) and index.
Contents:
General introduction -- What was the contribution of the medieval civilians? -- What was the contribution of the Roman lawyers? -- What was the contribution of the later civilians and the common lawyers? -- What is the institutional legacy? -- What is the legal literature legacy? -- How do legal reasoners treat facts? -- Is legal reasoning like medical reasoning? -- Is legal reasoning like reasoning in film studies? -- Is legal reasoning based on fictions? -- Can legal reasoning be rethought? -- Rethinking legal reasoning: should jurists take interests more seriously? -- Should jurists take interests more seriously (continued)? .
Summary:
"'Rethinking' legal reasoning seems a bold aim given the large amount of literature devoted to this topic. In this thought-provoking book, Geoffrey Samuel proposes a different way of approaching legal reasoning by examining the topic through the context of legal knowledge (epistemology). What is it to have knowledge of legal reasoning?"
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