70102 Lecture 1: 70102-Foundations-of-Law-Notes
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Careful and thoughtful questioning according to an explicit set of criteria: explain each of the three types of critical thinking in the context of the law. Judgement of legal claims, rules or decisions in terms of consistency with legal authority. Judgement of law according to consistency with theoretical, ideological and ethical standards. Identifying the main points of the legal argument presented by opposing counsel. Sets out the key ideas presented by the information and the relationships between them. Analysis identify the hidden elements and structures: e. g. identifying the structure of the legal argument presented by opposing counsel, including the relationship between the various premises and the overall position being advocated, analysis map. Sets out whether particular ideas are supported by reasons or contradicted by objections. Evaluation: asses the object by comparing with a set of explicit criteria, e. g. Assessi(cid:374)g opposi(cid:374)g (cid:272)ou(cid:374)sel(cid:859)s legal a(cid:396)gu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) te(cid:396)(cid:373)s of its logi(cid:272)al (cid:448)alidit(cid:455), its persuasiveness or its consistency with the relevant legal authority.
