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Argumentation in Actual Practice: Topical studies about argumentative discourse in context
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen
[Argumentation in Context 17] 2019
► pp. 267–280

Chapter 14
Interpretative legal argumentation and the Rule of Law as the Rule of Reasons

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The formal character of interpretative argumentation
  • 3.The Rule of Law as the Rule of Reasons
  • 4.Interpretative argumentation and the Rule of Reasons
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 23 September 2019
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