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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=11630)
The correct answer choice is (C)
This question stem asks which of the answer choices is mentioned in the passage as an important characteristic of many statutes that frustrates the application of computerized legal reasoning systems: This is the vagueness that is written into many statutes to allow for flexible interpretation.
Answer choice (A): Since the complexity of the syntax is never mentioned, this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (B): It is not the unavailability of relevant precedents that is the problem, it is the flexible determination of relevance of various precedents, so this answer choice should be eliminated.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice, reflecting our prephrased answer above. This is noted at lines 31-33: “a statute may be deliberately left undefined so as to allow the law to be adapted to unforeseen circumstances.”
Answer choice (D): The problem is not an overly narrow intent. It is the opposite—the built-in flexibility—that is mentioned as a challenging attribute.
Answer choice (E): There is no reference to statutes’ incompatibility, so this answer choice cannot be correct.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=11630)
The correct answer choice is (C)
This question stem asks which of the answer choices is mentioned in the passage as an important characteristic of many statutes that frustrates the application of computerized legal reasoning systems: This is the vagueness that is written into many statutes to allow for flexible interpretation.
Answer choice (A): Since the complexity of the syntax is never mentioned, this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (B): It is not the unavailability of relevant precedents that is the problem, it is the flexible determination of relevance of various precedents, so this answer choice should be eliminated.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice, reflecting our prephrased answer above. This is noted at lines 31-33: “a statute may be deliberately left undefined so as to allow the law to be adapted to unforeseen circumstances.”
Answer choice (D): The problem is not an overly narrow intent. It is the opposite—the built-in flexibility—that is mentioned as a challenging attribute.
Answer choice (E): There is no reference to statutes’ incompatibility, so this answer choice cannot be correct.