{"product_id":"the-logic-of-precedent-constraint-freedom-and-common-law-reasoning-hardback-9781009356503","title":"The Logic of Precedent; Constraint, Freedom, and Common Law Reasoning (Hardback) 9781009356503","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Logic of Precedent\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConstraint, Freedom, and Common Law Reasoning\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDevelops and presents a new account of precedential constraint based on recent work in legal theory and AI and law.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Horty (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009356503, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages\u003cbr\u003e25 x 17.6 x 2 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book is both clever and insightful, with several powerful and illuminating results and advances both conceptual and technical.  It's deeply informed by a leading understanding of existing work in legal theory as well as in logic and artificial intelligence – a really impressive intellectual and scholarly accomplishment as well as an achievement in logic and philosophy. It should be required reading for anyone with an interest in legal reasoning or jurisprudence.' Mark Schroeder, University of Southern California\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eUnlike statutory law, which relies on the explicit formulation of rules, common law is thought to emerge from a complex doctrine of precedential constraint, according to which decisions in earlier cases constrain later courts while still allowing these courts the freedom to address new situations in creative ways. Although this doctrine is applied by legal practitioners on a daily basis, it has proved to be considerably more difficult to develop an adequate theoretical account of the doctrine itself. Drawing on recent work in legal theory, as well as AI and law, this book develops a new account of precedential constraint and the balance achieved in the common law between constraint and freedom. This account, which involves construction of a group priority ordering among reasons, is then applied to other topics including the semantics of open-textured predicates and the practice of making exceptions to general rules.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The reason model\u003cbr\u003e 2. Exploring the reason model\u003cbr\u003e 3. Some alternative models\u003cbr\u003e 4. Supporting the reason model\u003cbr\u003e 5. Natural reasoning\u003cbr\u003e 6. Constraining natural reasoning\u003cbr\u003e 7. Dimensions and magnitudes\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Jurisprudence \u0026amp; philosophy of law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Jurisprudence \u0026amp; philosophy of law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Jurisprudence%20\u0026amp;%20philosophy%20of%20law%20%5BLAB%5D%22\"\u003eLAB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472129159448,"sku":"9781009356503","price":73.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009356503i.jpg?v=1785718465","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-logic-of-precedent-constraint-freedom-and-common-law-reasoning-hardback-9781009356503","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}