Legal Logic Tutorial

Author: Zhang Dasong
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: This book is one of the series textbooks for the 21st century. Based on teaching the basic concepts, principles, and methods of general logic, it strives to achieve an organic integration with the specificity of legal thinking. It highlights the general forms, methods, and patterns of legal thinking activities, and introduces logical analysis of legal norms, investigative logic analysis, and judicial logic analysis. At the same time, it introduces the basic knowledge and fundamental principles of propositional calculus, predicate calculus, and normative modal logic into the research of logic, providing rigorous yet concise logical tools for analyzing more complex cases. Additionally, the book pays attention to the progressive design of its content and the organic combination of examples and exercises.
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Chapter Conclusion
Section 1 Research Objects and Nature of Jurisprudential Studies
Section 2 Characteristics and Functions of Jurisprudential Logic
Chapter 2 Basic Laws of Logical Thinking
Section 1 Overview of Basic Laws of Logical Thinking
Section 2 Law of Identity
Section 3 Law of Non-Contradiction
Section 4 Law of Excluded Middle
Chapter 3 Term Logic
Section 1 Overview of Terms
Section 2 Types of Terms
Section 3 Relationships of Term Extension
Section 4 Restriction and Generalization
Section 5 Definitions
Section 6 Division
Chapter 4 Syllogistic Logic
Section 1 Overview of Propositions
Section 2 Categorical Propositions
Section 3 Immediate Inferences of Categorical Propositions
Section 4 Syllogism
Chapter 5 Propositional Logic
Section 1 Overview of Compound Propositions
Section 2 Inferences of Compound Propositions
Chapter 6 Propositional Logic
Section 1 Natural Deduction System NP of Propositional Logic
Section 2 Methods for Determining Semantic Validity of Propositional Logic
Chapter 7 Predicate Logic
Section 1 Overview of Predicate Logic
Section 2 Natural Deduction of Predicate Logic
Chapter 8 Inductive Logic
Section 1 Overview of Inductive Logic
Section 2 Simple Inductive Reasoning
Section 3 Causal Inductive Reasoning
Section 4 Probability and Statistical Inductive Reasoning
Chapter 9 Analogical Reasoning and Causal Reasoning
Section 1 Analogical Reasoning
Section 2 Hypothetical Reasoning
Chapter 10 Investigative Logic
Section 1 Overview of Investigative Logic
Section 2 Investigative Interpretation and Investigative Speculation
Section 3 Investigative Hypothesis
Chapter 11 Logical Analysis of Legal Norms
Section 1 Overview of Normative Propositions
Section 2 Formal Reasoning of Legal Norms
Section 3 Selective Reasoning of Legal Norms
Chapter 12 Logical Argumentation in Law
Section 1 Overview of Legal Argumentation
Section 2 Principles and Rules of Legal Argumentation
Section 3 Basic Methods of Legal Argumentation
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