Logical form and avoiding fallacies remain critical tools of persuasion

Evidence

Adhering to logical form and avoiding fallacies, we repeat for emphasis, is only a means to the ends of justice, but logical form and avoiding fallacies are nonetheless critical tools of argument. They are the implements of persuasion. They form the imprimatur that gives legitimacy and respect to judicial decisions. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 146

Categorization

• XREF: XREF legal reasoning and common law method — connects to: Knowledge of logical canons enables the detection of misleading legal arguments — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 97; The ability to study law depends on recognizing logical connections in cases — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 210; Philosophical inconsistency can generate richer intellectual movements than rigid logical consistency. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2085 (+11 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 146

Library Connections

• Philosophical inconsistency can generate richer intellectual movements than rigid logical consistency. #complicates (0.80) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2085

Broader Connections

• Knowledge of logical canons enables the detection of misleading legal arguments #exemplifies (0.85) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 97
• The ability to study law depends on recognizing logical connections in cases #exemplifies (0.75) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 210
• An illicit minor fallacy distributes an undistributed minor premise term #exemplifies (0.70) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 867
• Fallacies in missing disjuncts stem from omitting alternative possibilities #exemplifies (0.70) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 976
• Denying the antecedent is an invalid logical inference in formal reasoning #exemplifies (0.60) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 938