Guia docente 2023_24 Facultade de Dereito

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
I. DISAGREEMENTS and DEBATES	1. The concept of disagreement 1.1 Classification of disagreements 1.2 Analyses of disagreements 2. Disagreements no genuine 2.1 Merely verbal Disagreements 2.2 Definition and verbal disagreements 3. Argumentative exchanges 3.1. Differences of opinion 3.2 Disagreements and debate 4. The argumentation in debates
II. LEGAL ARGUMENTATIONS	1. Identification and reconstruction of arguments 2. The reconstruction of argumentations 3. A paradigmatic case of legal reasoning: the judicial sentence 4. Judicial sentence and stock issues 5. Reconstruction of judicial argumentations
III. DEDUCTIVE LOGIC	1. Validity and logical form 2. Deductive plain Arguments 2.1 The modus ponens 2.2 The modus tollens 2.3 The hypothetical argument 2.4 The disjunctive argument 2.5 The dilemma 3. Deductive complexes Arguments 4. The deductive chains 5. The complex valid forms 5.1 The reduction to the absurd 6. Syllogisms
IV. INDUCTIVE LOGIC	1. The field of the probability 2. What is an inductive argument? 3. Some erroneous conceptions on the induction 4. The inductive strength of an argument 5. Induction and probability 6. Inductive Arguments 7. The inductive forms more usual in the legal practice 7.1 Inferences by enumeration 7.2 The analogy 7.3 The abduction
V. INFORMAL LOGIC	1. The fallacies in the legal argumentation 2. A dialogic model 2.1 Rational Dialogue 2.2 Positive and negative Rules 2.3 The burden of proof in oral debates 3. Informal Fallacies 3.1 The appeals to the authority 3.2 The personal attacks 4. Interrogations 4.1 Questions, replies and answers 4.2 Types of questions 4.3 Presuppositions, questions and fallacies 4.4 Evaluation of interrogations
VI. THEORIES OF ARGUMENTATION	1. The theories of the contemporary legal argumentation 2. Constitutional principles and legal argumentation 3. Descriptive and normative models 3.1 The theory of Arnio 3.2 The theory of Alexy 3.3 The theory of MacCormick 3.4 The theory of Toulmin 4. The rhetoric 4.1 Topical and rhetorical 4.2 Perelman and the new rhetoric
VII. THEORIES OF INTERPRETATION	1. What is to interpret? 2. Interpretation and meaning 3. The contemporary theories of the legal 3.1 The position of Kelsen 3.2 The position of Ross 3.3 The position of Hart 3.4 The position of Dworkin 4. Interpretation and legal dogmatic 5. Interpretation and application of law 6. Interpretation and argumentation 6.1 interpretative Arguments