11 - Label
15 - Introduction
1.1 Purpose
1.3 Legal Method
17 - Rationality
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Being Rational
2.3 Being Irrational
20 - Conditional Statements
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Elements
3.3 Consequences
3.4 Conditional Statements
3.5 Syllogism
3.6 Diagrams
3.7 Appendix: Rule of Law
26 - Logical Reasoning
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Deduction
4.3 Induction
4.4 Abduction
4.5 Inference
4.6 Comparison
30 - Induction
6.1 Introduction
6.3 Ascertaining Values
6.4 Ascertaining Causal Laws
40 - Abduction
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Nature
7.3 Uses
43 - Inference
8.1 Introduction
8.2 1. Patterns of Behaviour
8.3 Individual Behaviour
8.4 General Behaviour
8.5 2. Causation
8.6 3. Nature of Inference
55 - Probability
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Measuring Probability
9.3 Applying Probability
9.4 Assigning Probability
9.5 Deriving Probability
9.6 Fallacies in Probability
80 - Policy
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Levels of Policy
10.3 Basis of Policy
10.4 Nature of Policy
10.5 Model for Policy
10.6 Derivatives of Policy
96 - Nature of Net Benefit
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Net Benefit Rule
11.3 Operating Costs and Benefits
11.4 Changeover Costs and Benefits
11.5 Illustration
109 - Measurement of Net Benefit
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Methods of Measurement
12.3Problem of Measurement
12.4 Attempts to Alleviate Problems
12.5 Conclusion
117 - Causation
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Determinism
13.3 Science
13.4 Behaviour in General
13.5 Law in Particular
13.6 Uncertainty
143 - Evaluation
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Definition of Values
14.3 Deployment of Values
14.4 Outline
147 - Classification of Values
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Deontological and Teleological Values
15.3Absolute and Relative Values
155 - Choice of Values
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Unity of Values
16.3 Diversity of Values
16.4 Compromise View
16.5 Choice of Values
181 - Social Choice
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Making Law
17.3 Interpreting Law
185 - Social Choice: Making Law
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Direct Democracy
18.3 Representative Democracy
18.4 Deliberative Democracy
18.5 Social Democracy
18.6 Conclusion
200 - Social Choice: Interpreting Law
19.1 Introduction
19.2 1. Originalism
19.3 2. Metademocracy
19.4 Deference
19.5 Reconstructionism
19.6 Pragmatism
19.7 Disciplinarianism
19.8 3. Judicial Legitimacy
19.9 4. Originalism Reinterpreted
230 - Precedent
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Nature of Precedent
20.3 Preserving Rules
20.4 Preserving Policy
20.5 Avoiding Costs
20.6 Overruling Precedent
241 - Maxims
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Promoting Meanings
21.2 Identifying Meanings
245 - Observation
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Observation by a Witness
22.3 Observation by Equipment
22.4 Observation by the Court
22.5 Observation by an Institution
251 - Irrationality
23.1 Introduction
23.2 Psychology
23.3 Sociology
23.4 Economics
23.5 Philosophy
23.6 Situational Factors
269 - Legal Method
24.1 Introduction
24.2 Absence of Method
24.3 Need for Method
24.4 Nature of Method
279 - Model for Organising Law
25.1 Introduction
25.2 Elements
25.3 Consequences
25.4 Conditional Statements
25.5 Diagram
282 - Model for Forming Law
26.1 Introduction
26.2 Making Law
26.3 Interpreting Law
26.4 Statement of the Model
26.5 Justification for the Model
26.6 Applications of the Model
289 - Options
27.1 Introduction
27.2 Nature of Options
27.3 Making Law
27.4 Interpreting Law
27.5 Rationale
303 - Reasons
28.1 Introduction
28.2 Making Law
28.3 Interpreting Law
313 - Decision
29.1 Introduction
29.2 Making Law
29.3 Interpreting Law
315 - Model for Using Law
30.1 Introduction
30.2 Basic Propositions
30.3 Conditional Statement
30.4 Syllogism
30.5 Model
30.6 Uses of the Model
320 - Applying Law to Facts
31.1 Introduction
31.2 Rules
31.3 Syllogism
31.4 Diagram
326 - Applying Law to Facts
31.1 Introduction
31.2 Rules
31.3 Syllogism
31.4 Diagram
332 - Establishing Facts
32.1 Introduction
32.2 1. Proving Facts
32.3 Versions of Truth
32.4 Probability of Truth
32.5 Standard of Truth
32.6 2. Creating Facts
338 - Bibliography
Legal Reasoning