Examples in Legal Reasoning: Legal Hypotheticals
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This paper discusses examples, p a r t i c u l a r l y hypo the t i ca ls , t he i r use and generat ion, in legal reasoning. It examines the use of sequences of hypo the t i ca ls .
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