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The creation and application of law are major realms of practical reason. In the application of a statute, it is usually necessary to interpret the statute. Indeed, in most Western systems, statutory interpretation is the single most prominent form of practical legal reasoning. In several of these systems, the interpretation of precedent is also a major form of practical legal reasoning.
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Summers, R.S., McRoberts, W.G., Goodhart, A.L. (2000). Interpreting Statutes and Precedents — Two Comparative Studies. In: Essays in Legal Theory. Law and Philosophy Library, vol 46. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9407-3_9
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