I told him that I thought it was law logic - an artificial system of reasoning, exclusively used in Courts of justice, but good for nothing anywhere else.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Court logic is a specialized tool that fails outside legal settings.
- In plain terms
- Legal reasoning is only good for courts and nowhere else.
- What can you take from it?
- Apply tools only within the contexts they are designed for.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is legal logic useful elsewhere?
- How do you reason?
Another view
Logic used in court often has value in other fields.
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