Inductive legal conclusions serve as major premises in deductive legal arguments.
Evidence
The inductive conclusion then becomes the major premise in a deductive argument to reach the conclusion urged upon the court. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 340
Categorization
- XREF: XREF — connects to: Common law adjudication cycles induction and deduction into new rules — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 168; Legal classifications and rules evolve through ongoing application to cases — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 243; Legal major premises derive authority from constitutional text or statutes — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 242 (+12 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 340
Broader Connections
- Legal reasoning requires mastery of deductive and inductive logic principles.
#expands(0.85) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 71 - A legal principle emerges from a long line of decisions.
#exemplifies(0.80) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 134 - Inductive generalization derives universal legal rules from repeated particular case outcomes
#corroborates(0.75) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 546 - Judicial generalization and analogical reasoning constitute the process of induction
#corroborates(0.70) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 676 - Inductive enumeration and legal analogy differ only in conclusion breadth
#complicates(0.50) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 548 - Legal analogy argues from particular facts to particular consequences based on similarities
#complicates(0.45) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 547 - The legal form of composition fallacies moves from specifics to generalities.
#complicates(0.40) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1219