Chapter 4
The role of the judge in legal proceedings
A pragma-dialectical analysis
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.The institutional implementation of a critical discussion in legal proceedings
- 2.1The resolution of legal disputes and the administration of justice in accordance with the Rule of Law
- 2.2
The implementation of the ideal of a critical discussion in legal proceedings
- 3.The role of the judge in an impartial and final resolution of the dispute
- 3.1The dialectical position of the judge
- 3.2The role of the judge in the various discussion stages
- The confrontation stage
- The opening stage
- The argumentation stage
- The concluding stage
- 4.
Conclusion
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Notes
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