Schauer, Frederick F. <br/><br/>
Thinking like a lawyer :  a new introduction to legal reasoning / 
Frederick Schauer. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Harvard University Press,  2009. 
 - xiv, 239 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Is there legal reasoning? -- Rules : in law and elsewhere -- The practice and problems of precedent -- Authority and authorities -- The use and abuse of analogies -- The idea of the common law -- The challenge of legal realism -- The interpretation of statutes -- The judicial opinion -- Making law with rules and standards -- Law and fact -- The burden of proof and its cousins. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674032705 0674032705 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008035011 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Law--Methodology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>K212  / .S325 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>340/.1