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Fuzzy Logic And The Sliding Scale Theorem, Frederic L. Kirgis

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The law operates principally in the context of ordinary transactions and relationships. Consequently it is important to develop insights into how it operates in the everyday world. To resolve recurring legal issues in everyday affairs, judges and other decision-makers sometimes use formulas. When a legal formula contains two elements, as several do, a process of fuzzy logic produces a result that is a function of a sliding scale between the elements. Thus, if physical presence in a new state + intent to remain = change of domicile, there will be degrees of each element, such that the degree of physical …