'LEGAL REASONING' in adjudication is generally understood as:

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A. APPLYING LAW to FACTS through methods including: (i) DEDUCTIVE (rule + fact → conclusion); (ii) ANALOGICAL (similar case → similar treatment); (iii) RATIO DECIDENDI extraction; (iv) BALANCING of competing principles; (v) STATUTORY INTERPRETATION using canons

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_

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only intuition (cf. Legal Reasoning Methodology) (cf. Legal Reasoning Methodology) (cf. Legal Reasoning Methodology) (cf. Legal Reasoning Methodology) (cf. Legal Reasoning Methodology) (cf. Legal Reasoning Methodology)

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only ideology (cf. Legal Reasoning Methodology) (cf. Legal Reasoning Methodology) (cf. Legal Reasoning Methodology) (cf. Legal Reasoning Methodology) (cf. Legal Reasoning Methodology) (cf. Legal Reasoning Methodology)