New Essays on the Nature of Legal Reasoning

Mark McBride is Assistant Professor and James Penner is Professor, both at the National University of Singapore.

• Introduction Mark McBride (National University of Singapore) and James Penner (National University of Singapore)PART IGENERAL JURISPRUDENCE AND LEGAL REASONING1. On the Relationship between Law and Legal Reasoning Fred Schauer (University of Virginia, USA)2. The Law of the Street Barbara Baum Levenbook (North Carolina State University, USA)3. Must Legal Reasons Be General? Fábio Perin Shecaira (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)4. The Factor Model and General Jurisprudence Adam Rigoni (Arizona State University, USA)PART IIRULES AND REASONS5. No Reasons Mark McBride (National University of Singapore) 6. Revisiting the Reasons Account of Precedent Grant Lamond (University of Oxford, UK)7. Grant Lamond’s Account of Precedent: A Personal Encounter John Horty (University of Maryland, USA)8. How to Govern Conduct Larry Alexander (University of San Diego, USA) and Emily Sherwin (Cornell University, USA)9. Working with a Body of Rules: On the Nature of Doctrinal Legal Disagreement in Judge-Made Law James Penner (National University of Singapore)PART IIIDOCTRINE AND PRACTICE10. Thinking Like a Lawyer: An Introduction to Common Law Method Sundram Peter Soosay (Independent Scholar)11. How the Ideal Adversary System’s Argumentative Structure Threatens Dignity Katharina Stevens (University of Lethbridge, Canada) and Nicole Lockstadt (McMaster University, Canada)12. Lesser Evils, Mere Permissions and Justifying Reasons in LawRob Mullins (University of Queensland, Australia)13. First Among Equals: Abduction in Legal Argument from a Logocratic Point of View Scott Brewer (Harvard University, USA)