Deductive judicial decision making begins by fitting case facts into a legal category.

Evidence

One possible approach is deductive reasoning. According to the deductive model of judicial decision making, depicted in Figure 8.1, you, acting as a justice, would first analyze the facts of the case to determine FIGURE 8. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2515

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names and defines the deductive model of judicial decision making, a core interpretive framework the course treats.
• XREF: Connects to the legal-formalist tradition of American legal thought versus legal realism, the classic debate in judicial process courses.