Legal Logic

At the end of the course, the student will be aware of the hallmarks of axiomatic sciences in general and of the legal dogmatics in particular. As for the latter, the student will become aware of the specific features of these sciences and of their differences from such empirical legal sciences as sociology of law. This will prove crucial, should the student decide to become a lawyer or a judge.

A - Ability to understand the fundamental features of most subjects taught at Italian Law Schools (i.e., legal-dogmatic, or positive law sciences)


B - Ability to recognize the different types of "proofs" used in legal-dogmatic texts

C - Ability to recognize fallacies in legal-dogmatic argumentations

D- Ability to reformulate in a logically rigorous language the argumentations formulated by legal-dogmatic jurists

E Improvement of the ability to learn legal-dogmatic, or positive-law subjects