legal-syllogism-enlisted

Builds the explicit legal syllogism for an issue - lays out the major premise (the rule and its interpretation), the minor premise (the material facts), the application (subsuming facts under each element of the rule), and the conclusion, then flags the weak links: unstated assumptions, contested facts, debatable interpretation. Forces every step to be said out loud and checkable instead of jumping from facts to a holding. Maps to civil-law subsumption and common-law IRAC/CREAC. Jurisdiction-neutral method: it supplies no rule and checks no citation, so the major premise has to come from a source you trust. Use when: "build the syllogism", "lay out the legal reasoning", "apply the rule to the facts", "IRAC this", "where is the gap in the argument", "major and minor premise", "structure the analysis" - when drafting an opinion, brief, or memo.
matematicsolutions/awesome-matematic-skills-en · ★ 0 · AI & Automation · score 76

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# Legal syllogism - make the reasoning explicit ## Philosophy **A flawed opinion rarely fails at the conclusion - it fails at the premise nobody stated.** Legal reasoning is a syllogism: the rule (major premise), the facts (minor premise), the application, and the conclusion. When a step is left unsaid - "because it's obvious" - that is where the gap hides, and that is where the other side, or the court, will strike. This skill forces each step to be stated and marks what is settled and what is contested. It **structures** the reasoning; it does not decide the case. Judgement and the decision stay with the lawyer. ## Method (subsumption / IRAC) 1. **Major premise (rule + interpretation)** - identify the governing rule, then its reading: how each element of the rule is construed (text, structure, purpose). Note where authority or commentary splits. 2. **Minor premise (material facts)** - list the facts that matter to the rule's elements. Separate undisputed facts from contested ones, and facts from characterisations. 3. **Application (subsumption)** - for each element of the rule, show which fact satisfies it (or does not). This is the real work: matching fact to element. 4. **Conclusion** - the legal consequence that follows from the application. 5. **Weak-link test** - mark which elements are contested in interpretation, which facts are contested on the evidence, and which assumptions were made silently. This is the map for adversarial-legal-review-en.