An Introduction to Legal Reasoning, Edward H. Levi
An Introduction to Legal Reasoning, Edward H. Levi
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An Introduction to Legal Reasoning
Second Edition

Author: Edward H. Levi

Narrator: Auto-narrated

Unabridged: 3 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/26/2024

Categories: Nonfiction, Law, Education


Synopsis

Originally published in 1949, An Introduction to Legal Reasoning is widely acknowledged as a classic text. As its opening sentence states, “This is an attempt to describe generally the process of legal reasoning in the field of case law and in the interpretation of statutes and of the Constitution.” In elegant and lucid prose, Edward H. Levi does just that in a concise manner, providing an intellectual foundation for generations of students as well as general readers.
For this edition, the book includes a substantial new foreword by leading contemporary legal scholar Frederick Schauer that helpfully places this foundational book into its historical and legal contexts, explaining its continuing value and relevance to understanding the role of analogical reasoning in the law. This volume will continue to be of great value to students of logic, ethics, and political philosophy, as well as to members of the legal profession and everyone concerned with problems of government and jurisprudence.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig on July 24, 2010

I love this book. The book reminds me of my first days in law school, because this is one of the first texts we used for required reading. However, the book harkens nostalgia for me, but it remains a strong and articulate text for understanding legal reasoning. This work exemplifies the way in which......more

Goodreads review by Thikrayat on December 28, 2024

As it is an old book, the language was a bit odd, and very hard to understand at some time, but it was readable. It was interesting to see how the rules of the American legal system first formed, it's actually very peculiar how analogies worked and how the judges thought back then, especially that we......more

Goodreads review by Tom on January 27, 2023

Levi’s book is best read by those who have finished one or more years in law school or who have studied legislation and its interpretation by courts; that will provide good background for what Levi describes as “legal reasoning.” Levi’s focus is the interpretation of the Commerce Clause in the Const......more

Goodreads review by Alexis on November 25, 2022

Edward Levi would’ve loved Taylor Swift’s 2020 Album Folklore♥️......more

Goodreads review by Lexi on January 18, 2022

This was so dense. Each freaking paragraph could have been argued for days. Amazing work. Never want to read again.......more