Litigation logic : a practical guide to effective argument / Paul Bosanac.
2009
KF8915 .B657 2009 (Mapit)
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Litigation logic : a practical guide to effective argument / Paul Bosanac.
Imprint
Chicago : American Bar Association, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Description
xvii, 486 : illustrations ; 23 cm
Formatted Contents Note
The legal logic flow chart
The rules of legal logic
Prohibited arguments
Ad hominem (abusive): personal attacks
Ad hominem (circumstantial): bias and prejudice
Tu quoque: saying one thing, doing another
Poisoning the well
Appeal to authority
Accent: emphasizing certain words
Equivocation: shifts in meaning
Amphiboly: which meaning is intended?
Hypostatization: expressing abstractions
Appealing to ignorance
Pity: appealing to sympathy
Hurling epithets
Humor and ridicule
Appealing to the mob
Slippery slope
Reductio ad absurdum
Two wrongs rarely make a right
Threats, force, and fear
Begging the question
The complex question
False cause
False analogy
Either/or: hobson's choice
Genetic: attacking the origin
Red herrings
Straw man
Division: painting with the same brush
Composition: one bad apple
Sweeping generalizations
Hasty generalizations
Lies, damn lies, and statistics.
The rules of legal logic
Prohibited arguments
Ad hominem (abusive): personal attacks
Ad hominem (circumstantial): bias and prejudice
Tu quoque: saying one thing, doing another
Poisoning the well
Appeal to authority
Accent: emphasizing certain words
Equivocation: shifts in meaning
Amphiboly: which meaning is intended?
Hypostatization: expressing abstractions
Appealing to ignorance
Pity: appealing to sympathy
Hurling epithets
Humor and ridicule
Appealing to the mob
Slippery slope
Reductio ad absurdum
Two wrongs rarely make a right
Threats, force, and fear
Begging the question
The complex question
False cause
False analogy
Either/or: hobson's choice
Genetic: attacking the origin
Red herrings
Straw man
Division: painting with the same brush
Composition: one bad apple
Sweeping generalizations
Hasty generalizations
Lies, damn lies, and statistics.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF8915 .B657 2009
Language
English
ISBN
9781604425710
1604425717
1604425717
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