The legal form of composition fallacies moves from specifics to generalities.

Evidence

In the law the confusion is usually an inference that proceeds from the specific to the general and argues from attributes of parts of the whole to attributes of the whole itself. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1219

Categorization

• XREF: This specific-to-general pattern should be watched for when reading property and corporate law cases about aggregate liability. — 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; Legal duty requires specific characteristics present in all precedent cases — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 679; Inductive legal generalization produces workable probabilities rather than absolute truths. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 339 (+11 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1219

Broader Connections

• A legal principle emerges from a long line of decisions. #exemplifies (0.60) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 134
• Inductive legal generalization produces workable probabilities rather than absolute truths. #corroborates (0.50) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 339
• Common law rules arise from comparing cases, not from tracing prior logic #corroborates (0.50) — Burton, Steven J, An Introduction to Law and Legal…, 222
• Legal classifications and rules evolve through ongoing application to cases #corroborates (0.50) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 243
• Legal reasoning yields probability rather than absolute mathematical truths #corroborates (0.40) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 242