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This book provides profound and fascinating insight into the way lawyers think and about the way others, including philosophers, think about their thinking. It also considers the nature of legal argument and the deployment of logic, reason and rationality in the exercise of that skill. And the extent to which intuition and instinct play a major role in legal analysis and judicial decision making. The philosophical and conceptual nature of law and its intrinsic and empirical beauty and wonder are explored and illustrated in a perceptive and insightful way.

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W Robert Griffiths KC, SC is a practising barrister. Born in Mumbles, Swansea, and brought up in Pembrokeshire, he attended Haverfordwest Grammar School from which he was awarded an Open Scholarship to St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1974 and appointed a Junior Counsel to the Crown (Common Law) in 1989, a Special Advocate in 1990 and appointed a QC in 1993. He was appointed a Senior Counsel (SC) in New South Wales, Australia in 1999. He was The Times Lawyer of the Week (2007) for his representation of the Australian umpire Darrell Hair in his claim against the International Cricket Council in respect of the ball tampering affair at the Oval. He is a Senior Master of Middle Temple and a Fellow of the Erasmus Forum in recognition of his contribution to law, philosophy and sport. He was Chairman of the MCC Development Committee for four years Chairman of the Laws Sub-Committee for six years and a member of the MCC Committee for twenty years. He was a director of The London Chamber of Commerce and President of The London Chamber of Arbitration. He was formerly a trustee of The Lord s Taverners and a special adviser to The Prince s Regeneration Trust. He is a Vice President of Crawshays Rugby Club, President of Johnston (Pembrokeshire) Cricket Club and he is a Freeman of the City of London. He was originally a member of Lamb Building Temple, where he did his pupillage with Gary Flather (later QC), subsequently joint Head of Chambers of 4-5 Grays Inn Square and Head of Mondial (Commonwealth Chambers) and is currently a member of Selborne Wentworth Chambers Sydney and 6 Pump Court, Temple, London. He has been described as one of the biggest names at the Bar (Frances Gibb, legal editor of The Times), conspicuously able and an outstanding advocate; his core strength is in dissecting the other side s case and seeking to deliver the client s case in the best light (Legal 500). Previous publications include Beyond the Concept of Sport (2024, Austin Macauley).

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