Thinking Like a Lawyer: A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning

A comprehensive guide to the fundamental tenets that dictate the operation of legal systems generally: precedent, authorities, analogies.At the heart of this book, Schaur endeavours to answer the question: Is thinking like a Lawyer actually unique ?In doing so he explores key jurisprudential debates (see chapter 7 on Legal realism) and examines the tensions that are found in key legal theory, that of statutory interpretation and the idea of the common law.Admittedly the book’s emphasis is mainly on the US legal system, buts it’s dedication to the common law system means it is equally applicable to the UK’s system too.