Logic and Judicial Argumentation
Course code
AKJ6322.YK
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Loogika ja juriidiline argumentatsioon
Course title in English
Logic and Judicial Argumentation
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Create the preconditions for logical, well-argued and critical thinking; to understand, compare and put various models into practice;
To develop students' ability to apply different schemes of logical thinking to legal texts and to use different models of legal argumentation;
To develop students' ability to use practical schemes of legal interpretation that have grown out of different historical paradigms and to connect them with Estonian law system.
To develop students' ability to apply different schemes of logical thinking to legal texts and to use different models of legal argumentation;
To develop students' ability to use practical schemes of legal interpretation that have grown out of different historical paradigms and to connect them with Estonian law system.
Brief description of the course
The course is divided into three parts:
I Logical forms of thinking and argumentation.The study of concept. Classification and categorization. Definition. Operationalization in social sciences. Decision. Deduction, induction and analogy. Logical fallacies.
II Paradigms of the legal interpretation. Philosophical and legal hermeneutics. Toulmin, Perelman, and other common argumentation schemes.
III Contemporary theories of legal interpretation. Discussion between the analytical and the argumentative direction of positivism
I Logical forms of thinking and argumentation.The study of concept. Classification and categorization. Definition. Operationalization in social sciences. Decision. Deduction, induction and analogy. Logical fallacies.
II Paradigms of the legal interpretation. Philosophical and legal hermeneutics. Toulmin, Perelman, and other common argumentation schemes.
III Contemporary theories of legal interpretation. Discussion between the analytical and the argumentative direction of positivism
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows and is able to use logical and critical thinking schemes in the analysis of legal texts;
- knows and is able to use the most common models of legal argumentation, understanding their historical background and knowing their limitations;
- can apply different methods of interpretation and use them in accordance with appropriate argumentation schemes on the example of Estonian law.
- knows and is able to use logical and critical thinking schemes in the analysis of legal texts;
- knows and is able to use the most common models of legal argumentation, understanding their historical background and knowing their limitations;
- can apply different methods of interpretation and use them in accordance with appropriate argumentation schemes on the example of Estonian law.
Teacher
Ene Grauberg
Additional information
Aulis Aarnio 1996. Õiguse tõlgendamise teooria. Juura Õigusteabe AS. Lk 31 - 32, 95 - 102, 171, 193, 208 - 210.
Madis Ernits 2010. Õigusnormi struktuur. Õiguskeel
nr 1.
Eveline T Feteris 2017. Fundamentals of Legal Argumentation. Springer. Lk. 23- 76.
Piibe Jõgi 1997. Õigus ja eetika: teooriad õigusest ja õiglusest 20 sajandi õigusfilosoofias. Juura Õigusteabe AS. Lk.66 – 74 (Katsed leida kolmas tee. Ronald Dworkin).
Ene Grauberg 1996. Loogika, keel ja mõtlemine. TBE.
Ene Grauberg, Indrek Grauberg 2017. Tõe ja õiguse legitimeerimise modernistlikust piirist. Argo. Lk 249 – 288.
Georg Henrik von Wright 2001. Filosoofia, loogika ja normid. Vagabund. Lk 59 – 141 (Deontiline loogika).
Lisaks kohustuslikule kirjandusele
Ronald Dworkin 2015. Õiguse impeerium. Valgus.
Hans-Georg Gadamer 2002. Hermeneutika universaalsus. Ilmamaa. Lk 138- 156.
Herbert L.A. Hart 2017. Õiguse mõiste. Valgus. Lk 267 - 295.
Massimo La Torre 2007. Constitutionalism and Legal Reasoning. Springer. Lk. 39 – 43.
Stephen Toulmin. The Uses of Argument. Cambridge
University Press. 2003, lk 87-135;
Heili Sepp 2017. Nurjatust õigusest, kohtunike
õigusloomest ja muust. Sirp, 17. november.
Madis Ernits 2010. Õigusnormi struktuur. Õiguskeel
nr 1.
Eveline T Feteris 2017. Fundamentals of Legal Argumentation. Springer. Lk. 23- 76.
Piibe Jõgi 1997. Õigus ja eetika: teooriad õigusest ja õiglusest 20 sajandi õigusfilosoofias. Juura Õigusteabe AS. Lk.66 – 74 (Katsed leida kolmas tee. Ronald Dworkin).
Ene Grauberg 1996. Loogika, keel ja mõtlemine. TBE.
Ene Grauberg, Indrek Grauberg 2017. Tõe ja õiguse legitimeerimise modernistlikust piirist. Argo. Lk 249 – 288.
Georg Henrik von Wright 2001. Filosoofia, loogika ja normid. Vagabund. Lk 59 – 141 (Deontiline loogika).
Lisaks kohustuslikule kirjandusele
Ronald Dworkin 2015. Õiguse impeerium. Valgus.
Hans-Georg Gadamer 2002. Hermeneutika universaalsus. Ilmamaa. Lk 138- 156.
Herbert L.A. Hart 2017. Õiguse mõiste. Valgus. Lk 267 - 295.
Massimo La Torre 2007. Constitutionalism and Legal Reasoning. Springer. Lk. 39 – 43.
Stephen Toulmin. The Uses of Argument. Cambridge
University Press. 2003, lk 87-135;
Heili Sepp 2017. Nurjatust õigusest, kohtunike
õigusloomest ja muust. Sirp, 17. november.
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