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Legal Argumentation: Understanding the Structure and Types of Arguments in Legal Contexts, Slides of Psychology
An introduction to the concept of argumentation, focusing on its role in legal contexts. It covers the basic structure of arguments, three types of support, implicit premises, and legal reasoning. The document also includes examples of arguments and counterarguments, as well as an overview of a course on argumentation.
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- Legal Argumentation
What is argumentation?
Giving reasons to support or criticise
claims that are open to doubt
logic + dialectic
Often to persuade someone else
rhetoric
Proponent: Regarding downloading Mp3s as copying for private use is wrong Respondent: Why? Proponent: Because it makes normal commercial exploitation of music impossible Respondent: Why? Proponent: Because it’s so easy to copy, upload and download MP3s
Legal contexts of argumentation
In court
In legal consultancy
In scholarly debate
In public debate
Overview of course
Week 1:
Basic structure of arguments
Combinations of premises implicit premises Multi-steps arguments
Week 2:
Arguments and counterarguments
Argument schemes (1)
Week 3:
Argument schemes (2)
Evaluating arguments
Discussion of homework
The structure of arguments:
basic elements
(Basic) arguments have:
Premises (grounds)
A conclusion
A reasoning step from the premises to the
conclusion
Conclusion
Premise 1 ….. Premise n
therefore
Three types of support
Cumulative (all premises
needed for conclusion)
Alternative (one premise
suffices for conclusion)
S was at crime scene
S’s DNA matches DNA found at crime scene
Witness W saw S at crime scene
P
E is expert on P E says that P
Aggregate (the more
support the better)
The offer was written
The offer was made in a letter
The offer was made in an email
Implicit premises
The offer was made in a letter
The offer was written
Implicit premises
The offer was made
in a letter
The offer was written
If the offer was made in a letter or email then it was written