Defeasibility in Legal Reasoning

ESSAYS IN LEGAL DEFEASIBILITY, J. Ferrer, ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, Forthcoming

EUI Law Working Paper No. 2009/02

33 Pages Posted: 25 Mar 2009 Last revised: 24 Dec 2013

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Giovanni Sartor

European University Institute Law Department

Date Written: March 1, 2009

Abstract

I shall first introduce the idea of reasoning, and of defeasible reasoning in particular. I shall then argue that cognitive agents need to engage in defeasible reasoning for coping with a complex and changing environment. Consequently, defeasibility is needed in practical reasoning, and in particular in legal reasoning.

Suggested Citation

Sartor, Giovanni, Defeasibility in Legal Reasoning (March 1, 2009). ESSAYS IN LEGAL DEFEASIBILITY, J. Ferrer, ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, Forthcoming, EUI Law Working Paper No. 2009/02, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1367540

Giovanni Sartor (Contact Author)

European University Institute Law Department ( email )

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