Logic for Lawyers

Logic for Lawyers introduces the application of logic tailored to legal practice.

Logic is one of the primary tools of a lawyer. In law, debates are constant and unavoidable. The lawyer therefore cannot do without knowledge of the theory of argumentation.

This book first deals with the elemental subjects of logic – argumentation schemes, syllogisms, fallacies, and propositional logic – always on the basis of legal examples. Because the lawyer will want to convince through argumentation, this book also pays special attention to the role of logic in rhetoric.

Furthermore, this book takes a closer, in-depth look at the insights from modern logic – predicate logic, natural deduction and modal logic, again on the basis of legal examples. This book is an indispensable reference work for every law student and practicing lawyer.