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The Legal Roots Of Presumption

2006
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Presumptions in Legal Argumentation

Ratio Juris, 2012
AbstractIn this paper a theoretical definition that helps to explain how the logical structure of legal presumptions is constructed by applying the Carneades model of argumentation developed in artificial intelligence. Using this model, it is shown how presumptions work as devices used in evidentiary reasoning in law in the event of a lack of evidence ...
FABRIZIO MACAGNO, DOUGLAS WALTON
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Presumption in Legal Reasoning

2014
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Joint Legal Custody Presumptions: A Troubling Legal Shortcut

Family Court Review, 2014
This article examines the legal operation and impact of legal custody presumptions. We compare the nature of joint legal and joint physical custody and explore common misunderstandings about how presumptions work and their practical repercussions for children and parents.
Nancy Ver Steegh, Hon. Dianna Gould‐Saltman   +1 more
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Legal Presumption: Integrative Approach to Comprehension

ЖУРНАЛ ПРАВОВЫХ И ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ, 2022
Рассматривается вопрос об определении понятия презумпции в отечественной юридической науке и формировании системы признаков данного явления на основании анализа основных позиций, сформулированных в научной литературе юридического профиля. Авторами сделан вывод о наличии в науке единства понимания природы института презумпции, а также сформулирован ...
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The Role of Legal Presumptions in Patent Litigation

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
We formally analyze the effects of legal presumptions in patent litigation. We set up a novel contest model to study litigation outcomes, judgement errors, and resource dissipation under three alternative presumption criteria: a presumption that the patent is valid; a presumption that the patent is invalid; no presumption regarding validity.
Alice Guerra, Tapas Kundu
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Legal Fictions among Legal Presumptions

Rossijskoe Pravo Obrazovanie Praktika Nauka
The author considers the well-known legal thesis «Ignorantia juris non excusat» as an established legal fiction. It is emphasized that the fact that an ordinary citizen has the opportunity to read a normative act does not mean that he is able to understand the content of the act.
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Presumptions, Legal Argumentation, and Defeasibility

2023
In this paper, I propose to differentiate two types of presumptions in law and in legal argumentation. On the one hand, the so-called hominis presumptions, that is, those made by people when they make factual inferences and, on the other, the presumptions established by legal norms (legal presumptions).
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Presumptions and Conjectures in Leibniz’s Legal Theory

2015
This paper focuses on the role of presumptions and conjectures in Leibniz’s legal theory. Both presumptions and conjectures are closely connected to the question of the burden of proof for presumptions lead to a shift of the burden. Thus, these notions play an essential role in the practice of litigation: the odds to win a given case are stacked ...
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Logic, Probability, and Presumptions in Legal Reasoning

2013
At least since plato and Aristotle, thinkers have pondered the relationship between philosophical arguments and the "sophistical" arguments offered by the Sophists -- who were the first professional lawyers. Judges wield substantial political power, and the justifications they offer for their decisions are a vital means by which citizens can assess the
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