Argumentation Nov 2008 Open Access

The Pragma-Dialectical Analysis and Evaluation of Teleological Argumentation in a Legal Context

Eveline T. Feteris University of Amsterdam

Abstract

In this article the author develops a framework for a pragma-dialectical reconstruction of teleological argumentation in a legal context. Ideas taken from legal theory are integrated in a pragma-dialectical model for analyzing and evaluating argumentation, thus providing a more systematic and elaborate framework for assessing the quality of teleological arguments in a legal context. Teleological argumentation in a legal context is approached as a specific form of pragmatic argumentation. The legal criteria that are relevant for the evaluation of teleological argumentation are discussed and translated in terms of critical questions that are relevant for the evaluation of the various forms of teleological argumentation.

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Argumentation
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2008-11-01
DOI
10.1007/s10503-008-9083-1
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    Legal Normativism, Argumentation and Logic
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    Argumentation

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