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Drawing on linguistics, legal theory, computing, and dialectics, this book analyzes statutory interpretation in terms of arguments used in everyday reasoning. The authors illustrate complex, crucial legal cases with diagrams and summarize them in schemes, making the methodology accessible to scholars, professionals, and students across disciplines.

Exploring the concept of straw man argumentation, this book connects linguistic pragmatics, philosophy of language, and rhetoric through a detailed analysis of how individuals distort others' words in debates. It provides 63 examples from various contexts, including politics and legal cases, to illustrate the tactics of misquoting and misreporting. By applying tools from argumentation theory, the author offers insights into assessing the accuracy of statements and defending against distortions, making it a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners in communication and rhetoric.

A biographical account of the author's seemingly endless journey through the world of international affairs

Focusing on evidential reasoning and argumentation, this monograph presents key problems and their solutions through advanced computational models from artificial intelligence. It guides readers in understanding these solutions and builds a general method for evaluating arguments. The book emphasizes practical application, detailing current argumentation methods and software tools, while advocating for a new perspective on knowledge and explanation. It addresses diverse contexts, including public safety, legal arguments, and science education, making it relevant for various fields.

Challenging clich s of Japanism as a feminine taste, Bachelor Japanists argues that Japanese aesthetics were central to contests over the meanings of masculinity in the West. Christopher Reed draws attention to the queerness of Japanist communities of writers, collectors, curators, and artists between the 1860s and the 1960s.

Exploring the significance of abductive inference, this book delves into its application in everyday reasoning and the context of legal evidence. It examines how this form of reasoning helps individuals draw conclusions from incomplete information, highlighting its importance in argumentative discourse and judicial processes. By analyzing various scenarios, the work emphasizes the interplay between logic, reasoning, and practical decision-making in both personal and legal frameworks.

The fifties was the decade that saw Birmingham getting back to its feet, shaking off the dust and demolition of the war years and slowly getting on with the business of Life as normal. This title features more than 300 street scenes from Birmingham's past, in which, lots of firms jostle for position with their advertisements.

This book explains how burden of proof and presumption work as powerful devices in argumentation, based on studying many clearly explained legal and non-legal examples.

This book, written by a leading expert, and based on the latest research, shows how to apply methods of argumentation to a range of interesting examples. Written in a nontechnical style, the book explains what you most need to know by applying the methods to many real examples of arguments found in everyday conversational exchanges and legal argumentation.

Cars, that we now know have ceased to be manufactured, travelling along our highways. Factories, that haven't existed for years, were in the 60's proudly standing as if their lives and ours depended on them - and indeed they did. This title features more than 350 images from a decade which began over half- a-century ago.