Legal categories remain ambiguous to accommodate changing community values

Evidence

The categories used in the legal process must be left ambiguous in order to permit the infusion of new ideas. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 243

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 243
• XREF: connects to: Legal critique often masks a disagreement over underlying value judgments. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 451; Legal outcomes depend on variable choices and value judgments rather than absolutes. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 752; A holding’s rationale can become immaterial as judicial perspectives shift. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1296 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Legal critique often masks a disagreement over underlying value judgments. #corroborates (0.75) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 451
• Inductive reasoning allows the law to adapt to changing societal times. #expands (0.75) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 613
• Reductionist legal theories obscure the diverse functions of rules within a social system #complicates (0.75) — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 649
• Legal precepts evolve slowly as working hypotheses continually retested in courts #corroborates (0.60) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 644