Educational guide

IDENTIFYING DATA

2023_24

Subject

LEGAL REASONING AND ARGUMENTATION

Code

00304007

Study programme

0304 - GRADO EN DERECHO

Descriptors

Credit.

Type

Year

Period

Basic Training

First

Second

Language

Castellano

Prerequisites

Department

DERECHO PUBLICO

Coordinador

GARCÍA AMADO , JUAN ANTONIO

E-mail

jagara@unileon.es
mcgimp@unileon.es

Lecturers

GARCÍA AMADO , JUAN ANTONIO

GIMENO PRESA , MARÍA CONCEPCIÓN

Web

http://

General description

The syllabus of this course will be divides into two blocks. The objectives of the first blok are: a) to explain the relevance of logic and argumentation in the legal context; b) to study the relationship between logilc and argumentation; c) to analyze the role of logil and argumentation and application of law; and d) to show some of the arguments that have been traditionally used in a legal context. In addition, this course will algo analyze some of the most relevant theories of legal argumentation. The second block is a workshop on analysis of legal reasoning. In this block, a model of legal reasoning that will help in rebuilding the motive of judgments will be proposed. Additionally, criteria that will guide a proper argumentation will be presente. For both blocks, legal reasoning will be the main model of argumentation.

Tribunales de Revisión

Tribunal titular
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor
Presidente	DERECHO PUBLICO	DIAZ Y GARCIA CONLLEDO , MIGUEL
Secretario	DERECHO PUBLICO	ALEGRE MARTINEZ , MIGUEL ANGEL
Vocal	DERECHO PUBLICO	SEIJAS VILLADANGOS , MARIA ESTHER

Tribunal suplente
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor
Presidente	DERECHO PUBLICO	TRAPERO BARREALES , MARIA ANUNCIACION
Secretario	DERECHO PUBLICO	BALLESTEROS MOFFA , LUIS ANGEL
Vocal	DERECHO PUBLICO	VAQUERA GARCIA , ANTONIO

Competencias

Code
C2	CMECES2 That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
C3	CMECES3 That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) to make judgments that include reflection on relevant issues of a social, scientific or ethical nature.
C4	CMECES4 That students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to both a specialised and non-specialised audience

Learning aims

	Competences
			C2 C3 C4

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic

Planning

Methodologies :: Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Case study	13	13	26

Seminars	8	14	22
Other methodologies	0	3	3
Personal tuition	4	0	4

Lecture	30	40	70

Mixed tests	5	20	25

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies ::

	Description
Case study
Seminars
Other methodologies
Personal tuition
Lecture

Personalized attention

Lecture

Case study

Seminars

Other methodologies

Mixed tests

Description

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Lecture		5%
Case study		5%
Seminars		Máximo 5%
Other methodologies		Máximo 10%
Mixed tests		Máximo 5%

Other comments and second call

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic	Manuel Atienza, Curso de Argumentación Jurídica, Trotta, Juan Antonio García Amado, Detalles del producto Razonamiento Jurídico Y Argumentación Nociones Introductorias, Eolas, Ronald Dworkin, El Imperio de la Justicia, Gedisa,

Complementary	Neil MacCormick, Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory, Oxford University Press, Aulis Aarnio, Lo racional como razonable : un tratado sobre la justificacion juridica, Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Robert Alexy, Teoria de la argumentacion juridica: la teoria del discurso racional como teoria argumentacion juridica, Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Chaim Perelman y Lucie Olbrechts Tyteca, Tratado de la Argumentación: Nueva Retórica, Gredos,

Recommendations

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

THE CONCEPT OF LAW / 00304002

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW I / 00304003