Abstract
Single arguments referred to in legal reasoning are those that make the conclusion valid as a legal standpoint – that is, that connect the arguments as well as the conclusion to the legal order. From this point of view, the arguments are called the sources of law.
The doctrine of the sources of law (later: DS doctrine) is thus a cornerstone of argumentation. It draws a boundary between what is legal and what is not. In the words of Torstein Eckhoff, the matter concerns the foundations used when one formulates a statement de lege lata (Eckhoff 1987, 11). In a way, the sources of law locate the limit of law. However, the source problem is only a part of a more fundamental problem with the limits of law (cfr Tuori 1988, 168).
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Aarnio, A. (2011). The Sources of Law. In: Essays on the Doctrinal Study of Law. Law and Philosophy Library, vol 96. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1655-1_18
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