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Analogical reasoning in the law
Judges in legal cases use analogical reasoning to decide which similarities between cases are important.
Reasoning by analogy is central to legal reasoning. It allows lawyers and judges to pay proper regard to previous decisions, while also allowing them to extend those decisions, to work out which similarities really matter. And it can do that in logical and critical thinking outside the law as well.
