Analogizing and Distinguishing Legal Cases
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Christopher Mark Macneill
Alumni of U. Edinburgh, School of Law, U.K.
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DOIhttps://doij.org/10.10000/IJLMH.112306
Abstract
This short article examines how to do analogical reasoning to analogize and distinguish legal cases. It is presumed that readers have already received instruction on relevant basic concepts, including the common law system, the structure of the U.S. courts, mandatory/persuasive authority, and legal reasoning generally.
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