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In this paper the thesis is argued that there is no need for a special legal logic to deal with the defeasibility of legal arguments. An important argument for this thesis is that legal judgements ask for a complete justification and that such a complete justification requires a deductively valid argument.
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Soeteman, A. Legal logic? Or can we do without?. Artificial Intelligence and Law 11, 197–210 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ARTI.0000046009.10530.fd
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