History of ideas, argumentation and interpretation
Building on the foundational work of Chaïm Perelman and Paul Foriers, part of the Perelman Centre’s research examines the distinctive features of legal and judicial reasoning, particularly the methods and techniques of argumentation and interpretation. This work, which encompasses both the history and evolution of these methods and contemporary practices, forms part of the pragmatic endeavour to assemble and maintain the “toolbox” that legal practitioners need when applying the law and contributing to legal engineering.
The same perspective informs research into the history of ideas, which seeks, among other things, to draw on philosophical concepts and models from the past to enrich the ways in which we think about the questions and challenges of the present.
Latest publications on the history of ideas, argumentation and interpretation
PISA 2025: “At best, China benefits from the OECD’s naivety; at worst, from its complacency”
Isabelle Feng has published an article in Le Monde on China’s participation in the OECD’s PISA 2025 assessment. She argues…
Compliance under the EU AI Act: How Firms Navigate Regulatory Complexity in the Digital Landscape
David Restrepo Amariles ,Pablo Marcello Baquero, Compliance under the EU AI Act: How Firms Navigate Regulatory Complexity in the Digital…
Law: a lever for Europe in its dealings with Beijing
Isabelle Feng vient de publier l’article : «Le droit, levier de l’Europe face à Pékin » dans The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/le-droit-levier-de-leurope-face-a-pekin-291888
