Table of Contents
jailhouse logic : notes on legal reasoning and argument
Preface
Legal Argument
Elements of an Argumentative Sequence
stasis critical dialogue
cicero- types and kinds
argument as sequence
Claim as Set Intersection
Set Schema for a Categorical Argument
Toulmin Model- Data, Warrant-Bridge
Informal schemes
Abduction
Argument From Sign
Argument From Example
Verbal Classification
Argument From Commitment
Argument From Expert Opinion
Argument From Evidence
Other argumentative schemes
example schemes
Aristotelian Rhetorical Enthymemes
qualitative opposites
essence of terms
a fortiori
division and exclusion
inconsistency and alternatives
consequences
disproving the cause
spurious enthymeme
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
omitted premise
polysyllogism
Arguing from Implication
necessity
sufficiency
necessary AND sufficient
exclusive-or XOR to
tables of truth
Arguing From Proposition
Modus ponendo ponens
- mode that by affirming, affirms.
Fallacy of
Affirming the consequent
Modus tollendo tollens
- mode that by denying, denies.
Fallacy of
Denying the antecedent
Modus ponendo tollens
- mode that by affirming, denies.
Modus Tollendo Ponens
- Disjunctive Syllogism
Reasoning From Oppositions
Fom Category
Law and the Syllogism
The Grammar of a Categorical Proposition
Quantity Quality Distribution
Premises as Set Relations
Table of Propositional Characteristics
The Four Categorical Forms as Joined Sets
rVenn rectangular Venn diagrams
From Premises
Categorical Syllogism
Figures of Term Arrangement
Syllogisms as Set Intersections
Mood BARBARA AAA-1
Mood CELARENT EAE-1
Mood FERIO EIO-1
Mood DARII AII-1
From faulty Premise Sets
Inconclusive Premises
Syllogistic Fallacies
The Fallacy of the Undistributed Middle Term
Premises IA-1
Premises AA-2
Premises IO-3
Premises AO-4
The Fallacy of the Illicit Major / Illicit Minor Terms
Illicit Major AE-1
Illicit Minor AA-4
The Domain of Logical Functions - Legal Context
Rules, Precedent
narrowing
Authority
Analogy
Common Law
Realism, Canons, Opinions
Specificity, Facts, Burden of Proof
modes of practice
Types of Legal Argument
Legal Analysis Checkpoints
Arguing from jurisdiction,text, precedent
Ex Ante v. Ex Post
Type Text
Type Intent
Type Precedent
Type Tradition
Some Canons of Statutory Interpretation
CRRACC
Latin Glossary
Tool Box
End Notes