Legal logic WP-PR-LP-ćw
Topics:
Lecture:
1. The Relationship Between Logic and Jurisprudence.
2. The Origins of Logic in Ancient Greece.
3. The Development of Legal Reasoning Since the Modern Era.
4. The Semiotic Status of Legal Language from Semantic, Syntactic, and Pragmatic Perspectives.
5. Judicial Discourse as a Paradigmatic Example of Legal Reasoning.
6. Foundations of interpretive reasoning (the specific nature of legal interpretation, the problem of meaning in legal interpretation, theories of legal interpretation, a model of legal interpretation).
7. Foundations of evidentiary reasoning (“judicial cognition versus scientific cognition,” facts as the subject of evidence, classifications of evidence, the normativization of evidentiary reasoning).
8. Legal dispute versus practical discourse; elements of the theory of argumentation (topics, eristics, rhetoric).
9. Foundations of general scientific methodology and legal methodology.
10. Analytical versus empirical jurisprudence.
Seminars:
- Syntactic categories of expressions, levels of language
- Classical logical connectives. Notation of sentences in the language of classical propositional calculus.
- Reasoning. Fallacies in reasoning.
- Establishing logical relationships between propositions. Laws of classical propositional logic. Negation of compound propositions
- Name calculus. Logical laws of the logical square, laws of conversion, laws of obversion, laws of contraposition. Transformations of categorical propositions. Fallacies in reasoning. Negation of categorical propositions.
-Defining concepts. Types of definitions. Errors in definitions
-The concept of a relation. Simple formal properties of relations.
-Complex formal properties of relations: relations that order a set and equivalence relations. Logical partition of a set.
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Subject level
(in Polish) Punkty ECTS
Learning outcome code/codes
Type of subject
Preliminary Requirements
Learning outcomes
The student identifies the rules of logical reasoning and applies the appropriate ones when interpreting legal texts, including in the context of legal argumentation.
The student applies theoretical knowledge of legal logic to describe and analyze specific legal cases.
Assessment criteria
Assessment Methods: oral exam and (written exam)
ECTS Description:
Participation in seminars: 15 hours
Independent problem-solving: 20 hours
Preparation for classes: 5
Preparation for quizzes: 10 hours
Participation in office hours: 5 hours
Total hours: 55 = approximately 2 ECTS
Assessment criteria for learning outcome PR_U01:
Grade 2: The student is unable to apply the rules of logical reasoning and use them when interpreting legal texts.
For a grade of 3 or 3.5: The student has acquired sufficient proficiency in applying the rules of logical reasoning and using them to interpret legal texts, including in the context of specific legal events
For a grade of 4 or 4.5: The student has demonstrated a good command of the rules of logical reasoning and the ability to apply them when interpreting legal texts, including in the context of specific legal events
Grade 5: The student has demonstrated, at a very good level, the ability to apply the rules of logical reasoning and use them to interpret legal texts, including in the context of specific legal events
Assessment Criteria for PR_U02:
Grade 2: The student lacks the necessary theoretical knowledge of legal logic or is unable to apply their existing knowledge to describe, analyze, and resolve specific legal cases
Grade 3: The student possesses the necessary theoretical knowledge of legal logic and is able to apply it to a sufficient degree to describe, analyze, and resolve specific legal cases
Grade 4: The student possesses the necessary theoretical knowledge of legal logic and is able to apply that knowledge at a good level to describe, analyze, and resolve specific legal cases
For a grade of 5: The student possesses the necessary theoretical knowledge in the field of legal logic and is able to apply this knowledge at a very good level to describe, analyze, and resolve specific legal cases
Bibliography
Bibliography
Main:
A. Kotowski, Elements of Logic and Legal Argumentation [Elementy logiki i argumentacji prawniczej], published by Difin, Warsaw 2026
Supplementary:
O. Nawrot, Introduction to Logic for Lawyers [Wprowadzenie do logiki dla prawników], published by Wolter Kluwer Polska, Warsaw 2024
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