Legal major premises derive authority from constitutional text or statutes
Evidence
In the law, our major proposition—called the major premise—must usually have the hallmark of legal authority, constitutional text, statute or case law. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 242
Categorization
- DEFINE: XREF names what this plausibly connects to; SEED sketches the article/essay angle.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 242
- XREF: connects to: Civil law systems trace their source of law to written codes. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 118; Inductive legal conclusions serve as major premises in deductive legal arguments. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 340; Common law legitimacy derives from published judicial opinions and public reasoning. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 115 (+10 more)
Broader Connections
- Civil law systems trace their source of law to written codes.
#corroborates(0.80) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 118 - Authority builds from accumulated past compliance without requiring ongoing justification
#qualifies(0.80) - Inductive legal conclusions serve as major premises in deductive legal arguments.
#expands(0.70) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 340 - Common law legitimacy derives from published judicial opinions and public reasoning.
#qualifies(0.70) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 115 - Deductive legal reasoning requires identifying the controlling major premise.
#corroborates(0.50) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 751