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DISSENTING OPINIONS AS A PART OF LEGAL DISCOURSE OF LITHUANIA: PRAXIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS (85)

Author: Eglė MAURICĖ-MACKUVIENĖ
Topic category: Theory of Law

Praxiological insights about the strength and justification of arguments, as well as about the effectiveness of argumentation are formulated in the article. Praxiology is understood as a science about purposive and conscious human action; it is based on the presumptions that humans are acting beings, they are able to take decisions according their preferences. The methodological part opens the research. Few methods that could be useful when one investigates argumentation process are described here. Content analysis enables one to identify notional elements of the discourse.