legal analysis
Examining the law
Legal analysis is the process of examining facts, statutes, case law, and legal principles to determine how the law applies to a particular situation.
Lawyers perform legal analysis to advise clients, predict outcomes, and construct arguments.
The method typically involves identifying relevant legal rules, applying them to specific facts, and drawing conclusions: Her legal analysis concluded that the contract was unenforceable.
- legislative intentLawmakers' goal in enacting
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- precedentPrior authoritative example
- textualismInterpreting law literally
- plain meaningDirect, straightforward interpretation
hermeneutics · close reading · inductive reasoning · originalism · case law · judicial opinion · syllogism · rule of law · opinion · memorandum · analogy · framework · persuasive · binding · counsel · argument · ruling · dissent
- legal opinions
- legal fieldscivil law, criminal law, administrative law, common law, civil procedure
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
- law schoollaw school, law schools, law student, law students, law degree
- legal mediacourtroom drama, Court TV, Judge Judy, trial coverage, court sketch
- legal skillsopening statement, closing argument, oral argument, cross-examination, voir dire
legal analysisgut feeling
Instinctive sense about something
intuition · hunch · gut instinct · snap judgment · instinct
legal analysisemotional appeal
Persuasion targeting feelings
moral philosophy · ethical reasoning · literary criticism · artistic interpretation · scientific analysis