Legal reasoning / Martin P. Golding.

Originally published: New York : A.A. Knopf, 1983.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The study of legal reasoning -- Discovery and justification in science and law -- Explanatory and justifying reasons -- Reasoned decisions -- Materials -- Jerome Frank, The judging process (1930) -- Richard A. Wasserstrom, Judicial decision making (1961) -- Priestley v. Fowler (1837) -- Harold Laski, Class bias in judicial decision making (1935) -- Roscoe Pound, "The economic interpretation and the law of torts" (1940) -- 2. Types of legal argument -- Two perspectives : an interpretation -- Forms of argument -- Argument by analogy -- Kinds of reasons -- Practical reasoning -- Conflicting decisions -- Materials -- Introduction -- Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis, "The right to privacy" (1890) -- Roberson v. Rochester Folding Box Co., Dissenting opinion (1902) -- Riggs v. Palmer (1889) -- Oleff v. Hodapp (1935) -- Depue v. Flateau (1907) -- Summers v. Tice (148) -- Sinkler v. Kneale (1960) -- Niederman v. Brodsky (1970) -- 3. Precedent and analogy -- Adherence to precedent -- Argument by analogy : interpretations and revision -- Case law development -- Thomas v. Winchester (1852) -- Loop v. Litchfield (1870) -- Devlin v. Smith (1882) -- Torgesen v. Schultz (1908) -- MacPherson v. Buick (1916) -- Materials -- James Reid Parker, "The most outrageous consequences" (1940) -- Jerome Frank, The role of precedent (1942) -- Felix S. Cohen, "The world-line of a precedent" (1950) -- Clark v. Burns (1875) -- Hynes v. New York Central Railroad Co. (1921) -- MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., Dissenting opinion (1916).