CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface xi
4. 1 Introduction: Is There Legal Reasoning? 1
5. 2 Rules—in Law and Elsewhere 13
6. 3 The Practice and Problems of Precedent 36
7. 4 Authority and Authorities 61
8. 5 The Use and Abuse of Analogies 85
9. 6 The Idea of the Common Law 103
10. 7 The Challenge of Legal Realism 124
11. 8 The Interpretation of Statutes 148
12. 9 The Judicial Opinion 171
13. 10 Making Law with Rules and Standards 188
14. 11 Law and Fact 203
15. 12 The Burden of Proof and Its Cousins 219
16. Index 235