Inductive reasoning allows the law to adapt to changing societal times.
Evidence
It permits the law to move with the times, as aptly illustrated by Cardozo’s comparison of the automobile wheels to those of the stagecoach. It is the counter-agent of attempts to embalm legal precepts. It permits the elasticity necessary in order to hearken to the adage: “The law must be stable, but it must not stand still.” — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 613
Categorization
- XREF: XREF legal evolution via inductive reasoning — connects to: Inductive generalization derives universal legal rules from repeated particular case outcomes — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 546; The common law adapts to social and economic change — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1311; Legal precepts evolve slowly as working hypotheses continually retested in courts — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 644 (+20 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 613
Broader Connections
- The common law adapts to social and economic change
#corroborates(0.70) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1311 - Legal precepts evolve slowly as working hypotheses continually retested in courts
#expands(0.55) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 644 - Legal classifications and rules evolve through ongoing application to cases
#expands(0.50) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 243