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Lars Lindahl

Professor emeritus

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Deduction and justification in the law : the role of legal terms and concepts

Författare

  • Lars Lindahl

Summary, in English

Legal terms, such as “ownership”, “ contract”, “validity”, “negligence”, are used as middle terms in legal deduction. The paper distinguishes two problems regarding this use. One is the logical function of terms for deduction within a normative system. Specific problems dealt with in this connection are meaning, definition, and economy of expression. The other problem connected with middle terms is the “moulding” and possible manipulation of the meaning of legal terms, for arriving at desired conclusions in a given scheme of inference. It is indicated how the moulding of contested legal concepts, if not restricted, will obscure the ratio of legal rules. This problem is relevant, inter alia, to arguments ex analogia in the law.

Avdelning/ar

  • Juridiska institutionen

Publiceringsår

2004

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

182-202

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Ratio Juris

Volym

17

Issue

2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Wiley-Blackwell

Ämne

  • Law

Nyckelord

  • legal concepts
  • middle terms
  • concept formation
  • jurisprudence
  • allmän rättslära

Aktiv

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0952-1917