POLS 3110 - Intro-Legal Reasoning/Analysis

Institution:

Tennessee Technological University

Subject:

Political Science

Description:

Prerequisite: POLS 1030 and POLS 1100 or consent of the instructor. This course will provide an introduction to various forms of legal reasoning including the application of rules (syllogistic reasoning) and of precedents (analogical reasoning), arguing from circumstantial evidence (retroduction, or argument to the best explanation) and from authority (expert and eyewitness testimony), and using formal logic in the analysis of extended legal texts.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.tntech.edu

Phone Number:

(931) 372-3223

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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