In this essay, I address the notions of generalization used in Fred Schauer’s works on this topic, and I also address the layers of generalizations that exist in the legal field. In the last part of the essay, I briefly discuss, mainly with examples, some criteria by which we can determine whether we are dealing with reliable or unreliable generalizations.
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