Una mirada a la argumentación jurídica desde la lógica aristotélica

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to show how the aristotelian view about logic and argumentation can be useful in the study of legal argu- mentation. In his logical works –which were later grouped together under the title Organon or ‘instrument for rational thinking’–. Aristotle studies many kinds of argumentation: from demonstrative arguments to rhetorical argumentation and even fallacies. Nowadays, when analyzing actual Legal Rulings, it can be found that the argumentative practices showed there reflect a blending of analytical, dialectical and rhetorical devices, thus showing examples of all the logical machinery described by Aristotle in his Organon.