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This document outlines the topics that will be covered in a Legal Technique & Logic class. It discusses reasoning, language, deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, fallacies, and the synthesis and application of these concepts. The outline covers propositions, arguments, definitions, categorical syllogisms, inductive generalization, formal and informal fallacies, and how to apply logical reasoning to legal issues.

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Legal Logic Technique Outline

This document outlines the topics that will be covered in a Legal Technique & Logic class. It discusses reasoning, language, deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, fallacies, and the synthesis and application of these concepts. The outline covers propositions, arguments, definitions, categorical syllogisms, inductive generalization, formal and informal fallacies, and how to apply logical reasoning to legal issues.

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ATENEO DE MANILA LAW SCHOOL

LEGAL TECHNIQUE & LOGIC OUTLINE1


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SECTION 1E, SECOND SEMESTER, SY 2005-2006 2005

ATTY. ALEXANDER C.
15 NOVEMBER

I.

INTRODUCTION
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Argumentum ad Populum 3Appeal to the Masses4 Argumentum ad Baculum 3Appeal to -orce4 Argumentum ad Antiquitam 3Appeal to the Ages4 Argumentum ad Terrorem 3Appeal to )error4 %rrele/ant Conclusion 3Ignoratio Elenchi4

6 <. B. 2. a. 2. Tu Quoque 3Aou Aoursel. $o %t4 Argumentum ad Nauseam Compound 3Complex4 6uestion -alse Cause i. ii. c. d. e. .. 3. a. 2. c. d. e. .. Non cause pro causa Post hoc ergo propter hoc

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VII. SYNTHESIS AND A55LICATION

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