'LEGAL REASONING' in adjudication is generally understood as:

Question

Accepted Answer

A.

1. LEGAL REASONING in adjudication employs multiple methods:
2. (i) DEDUCTIVE REASONING — applying a rule to facts (modus ponens form);
3. (ii) ANALOGICAL REASONING — drawing on similar precedents;
4. (iii) RATIO DECIDENDI extraction — identifying binding principle from prior cases;
5. (iv) BALANCING — weighing competing principles (Robert Alexy 'Theory of Constitutional Rights' 2002);
6. (v) STATUTORY INTERPRETATION — applying canons of construction;
7. (vi) CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION — applying constitutional method;
8. (vii) NATURAL LAW REASONING — deriving norms from morality;
9. (viii) PRAGMATIC REASONING — practical consequences;
10. (ix) NARRATIVE/RHETORICAL reasoning — persuading through stories.
11. Edward LEVI's 'An Introduction to Legal Reasoning' (1949) — classic on analogical reasoning.
12. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Legal Reasoning Methodology_