Abstract

ATIENZA, Manuel. How to Evaluate Judicial Reasoning. Diánoia [online]. 2011, vol.56, n.67, pp.113-134. ISSN 0185-2450.

This article deals with the question of how to evaluate justificatory judicial reasoning. To this end, the author clarifies the meaning of the one-right-answer thesis, identifies a variety of criteria of correctness, and gives special attention to the ideas of universality, coherence, (good) consequences, social and critical morality, and reasonability.

Keywords : one right answer; coherence; social and critical morality; reasonability.