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The Tax Law Clinic: Loyola Chicago's Decade Of Experience, Christian Johnson, Mary Grossman
The Tax Law Clinic: Loyola Chicago's Decade Of Experience, Christian Johnson, Mary Grossman
Christian A. Johnson
Analogical Reasoning As Translation: The Pragmatics Of Transitivity, Jonathan Yovel
Analogical Reasoning As Translation: The Pragmatics Of Transitivity, Jonathan Yovel
Jonathan Yovel
This paper attempts to examine the underlying structure of analogical reasoning in decision making. The immediate (but not exclusive) context is the form of reasoning commonly seen as prevalent in common-law judicial decision making. Following Wittgenstein and Strawson the paper identifies the problem of the contingency of transitivity of analogical relations as a serious impediment to analogical reasoning. It then proceeds to offer a method of translation that delineates the borders of contingency and analyticity of transitivity in such cases, as well as proposes how these borders may be manipulated. The theoretical insight is to treat analogical relations anaphorically, as …
What Is Contract Law 'About'? Speech Act Theory And A Critique Of 'Skeletal Promises', Jonathan Yovel
What Is Contract Law 'About'? Speech Act Theory And A Critique Of 'Skeletal Promises', Jonathan Yovel
Jonathan Yovel
What is contract law about? One way of looking at it is to conceive of the subject-matter of contract law in terms of promises - just as tort law arguably revolves around the concepts of accident or harm. Much like accidents - first-year law students are taught - promises are out there in the world, to be classified and distinguished so as to privilege some with legal enforceability. There is a language/world of promises, this approach seems to indicate, and a language/world of contracts. It is a main function of contract law to perform translations from the one to the …
Banking Law Manual: Federal Regulation Of Financial Holding Companies, Banks, And Thrifts
Banking Law Manual: Federal Regulation Of Financial Holding Companies, Banks, And Thrifts
Patricia A. McCoy
No abstract provided.
Over The Counter Derivatives Documentation: A Practical Guide For Executives, Christian Johnson
Over The Counter Derivatives Documentation: A Practical Guide For Executives, Christian Johnson
Christian A. Johnson
Technology Shifts And The Law: Year 2000 Readiness For Banks And Thrifts
Technology Shifts And The Law: Year 2000 Readiness For Banks And Thrifts
Patricia A. McCoy
No abstract provided.