Legal argumentation in Mesopotamia since Ur III

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Journal of Argumentation in Context Pub Date : 2020-10-28 DOI:10.1075/jaic.19015.sch

A. Schumann

引用次数: 6

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, I show that we can find some foundations of logic and legal argumentation in the tablets of Mesopotamia at least since the dynasty of Ur III. In these texts, we see the oldest correct application of logical inference rules (e.g. modus ponens). As concerns the legal argumentation established in Mesopotamia, we can reconstruct on the basis of the tablets the following rules of dispute resolutions during trials: (1) There are two parties of disputants: (i) a protagonist who formulates a standpoint and (ii) an antagonist who disagrees with the protagonist’s standpoint and formulates an alternative statement. (2) There is a rational judge represented by high-ranking citizens who should follow only logical conclusions from facts and law articles as premises.

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乌尔三世以来美索不达米亚的法律辩论

摘要在本文中，我表明，至少自乌尔三世王朝以来，我们可以在美索不达米亚的石碑中找到一些逻辑和法律论证的基础。在这些文本中，我们看到了逻辑推理规则（如延期）最古老的正确应用。关于美索不达米亚建立的法律论证，我们可以在这些石碑的基础上重建以下审判期间争议解决的规则：（1）争议有两方：（i）提出立场的主角和（ii）不同意主角立场并提出替代声明的反对者。（2）有一个以高级公民为代表的理性法官，他只应该以事实和法律条款为前提得出合乎逻辑的结论。

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Journal of Argumentation in Context COMMUNICATION-

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1.80

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12.50%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Argumentation in Context aims to publish high-quality papers about the role of argumentation in the various kinds of argumentative practices that have come into being in social life. These practices include, for instance, political, legal, medical, financial, commercial, academic, educational, problem-solving, and interpersonal communication. In all cases certain aspects of such practices will be analyzed from the perspective of argumentation theory with a view of gaining a better understanding of certain vital characteristics of these practices. This means that the journal has an empirical orientation and concentrates on real-life argumentation but is at the same time out to publish only papers that are informed by relevant insights from argumentation theory.