Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Brief Contents v
3. Detailed Contents vii
4. Introduction 1
5. § 1. Issues 3
6. § 2. Identifying the Governing Rule of Law 22
7. § 3. Levels of Abstraction 35
8. § 4. Deduction 65
9. § 5. Induction 88
10. § 6. Arguments in General 105
11. § 7. Arguments Classifi ed by Function 114
12. § 8. Arguments Based on Evidence 122
13. § 9. Policy Arguments 124
14. § 10. Doctrinal Arguments 139
15. § 11. Analogies and Precedents: The Structure and Criteria for Evaluation of Legal Analogies 150
16. § 12. Distinctions: Distinguishing Precedents, Disanalogies, and Precedents and Levels of Abstraction 180
17. § 13. Holding and Dictum 209
18. § 14. Reductios ad Absurdum 213
19. § 15. Subjective and Objective Standards 223
20. § 16. Interpreting Statutes 232
21. § 17. Prima Facie Case, Affi rmative Defense, Burden of Proof 245
22. § 18. Application of Law to Fact 259
23. § 19. A Model of Legal Argument 285
24. Answers 305