Search for dissertations about: "legal argumentation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words legal argumentation.

2. 1. Reasoning by Analogy - A Study on Analogy-Based Arguments in Law

   Author : David Reidhav; Juridiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Reasoning by analogy; legal argumentation; legal methodology; formal justice; stare decisis; precedent; analogy; proportional analogy; similarity; dimensional property; comparative similarity; arguments from analogy; closure rule; jurisprudence; allmän rättslära;

   Abstract : This doctoral dissertation is a study on analogy-based arguments in law. Its overarching aim is to clarify reasoning by analogy in law. A model is proposed for analyzing and assessing arguments from analogy in law. READ MORE

4. 2. Armed intervention, pursuing legitimacy and the pragmatic use of legal argument

   Author : Olof Beckman; Raoul Wallenberg institutet för mänskliga rättigheter och humanitär rätt; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; armed intervention; international law; United Nations; public international law; state practise; self-defense; legal argument; human rights; Folkrätt;

   Abstract : This study examines how States use legal arguments in cases of armed intervention and how this usage can influence the development of international law. The objective is to contribute to the understanding of the law on armed intervention by conducting a study of how States actually use legal arguments to justify or condemn armed interventions in actual cases. READ MORE

5. 3. Citing Matters : An Analysis of the Use of Judicial Decisions in International Criminal Law Adjudication through the Lens of Law-Making

   Author : Letizia Lo Giacco; Juridiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Judicial decisions; International law-making; Citation; International criminal law; International courts; Domestic courts; Discretion; Authority; Legal realism; Empirical; Practices; Reiteration; Dynamic process; International law; Internationell rätt; Internationell straffrätt; Hänvisning;

   Abstract : The present research investigates the formative processes of international criminal law through the iterative citation of judicial decisions in adjudicatory practices. Given the centrality of the judge in the adjudication of international criminal law, this study is underpinned by a legal realist approach to international law informed by the work of Alf Ross (Scandinavian Legal Realism) and Gregory Shaffer (New Legal Realism), according to which the meaning of legal rules and principles is not autonomous from how they are empirically practiced and interpreted by courts. READ MORE

6. 4. Why Grundnorm? A Treatise on the Implications of Kelsen's Doctrine

   Author : Uta Bindreiter; Juridiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; recognition; Pure Theory; presupposition; precedence; norm hierarchy; norm conflict; membership; legal ‘ought’ ; Grundnorm; direct applicability; Basic norm; bindingness; validity.; Philosophy of law; theory of law; Rättsfilosofi; rättsteori;

   Abstract : The treatise is concerned with the source-—the “Grund”--of the bindingness of law. I contend, first, that the “presupposition” of the basic norm, on a certain reading of Kelsen’s doctrine, can be understood as constituting a normative source of positive law, and, secondly, that this reading of Kelsen admits of addressing the issue of the (formal) legitimacy of supra-national and “directly applicable” rules and other norms. READ MORE

7. 5. Principle-based non-monotonic reasoning - from humans to machines

   Author : Timotheus Kampik; Helena Lindgren; Juan Carlos Nieves; Anthony Hunter; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Non-monotonic reasoning; formal argumentation; Computer Science; datalogi;

   Abstract : A key challenge when developing intelligent agents is to instill behavior into computing systems that can be considered as intelligent from a common-sense perspective. Such behavior requires agents to diverge from typical decision-making algorithms that strive to maximize simple and often one-dimensional metrics. READ MORE