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This paper intends to contribute to the epistemological discussion on classifications in comparative law through the explanation of the value of fuzzy logic and of the usefulness of the fuzzy approach in legal studies. The analysis will proceed as follows. After a brief introduction, section II outlines the state of the art of classifications in comparative law. In section III, the ways of thinking which can be applied in the activity of classification are illustrated. Sections IV and V are devoted to the explanation of the fuzzy set theory with the aim to understand the relevance of fuzzy logic in legal research and to illustrate a few applications of the fuzzy approach. The final section is dedicated to some reflections on the extent to which it is reasonable to adopt the fuzzy set theory in legal studies.

Il presente lavoro intende contribuire alla discussione epistemologica sulle classificazioni nel diritto comparato mediante l’illustrazione del valore della logica fuzzy e dell’utilità dell’approccio fuzzy negli studi giuridici. L’analisi procede in questo modo. Dopo una breve introduzione, il paragrafo II delinea lo stato dell’arte delle classificazioni nel diritto comparato. Nel paragrafo III sono chiariti i modi di pensare che possono applicarsi all’attività catalogatoria. I paragrafi IV e V sono dedicati alla spiegazione della fuzzy set theory con l’intento di comprendere la rilevanza della logica fuzzy nelle indagini giuridiche e di illustrare alcune applicazioni dell’approccio fuzzy. Nell’ultimo paragrafo si riflette su fino a che punto sia ragionevole adottare la fuzzy set theory negli studi giuridici.

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    The Fuzzy Logic and the Fuzzy Approach: A Comparative Law Perspective
    (EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2015)
    Baldin, Serena
    This paper intends to contribute to the epistemological discussion on classifications in comparative law through the explanation of the value of fuzzy logic and of the usefulness of the fuzzy approach in legal studies. The analysis will proceed as follows. After a brief introduction, section II outlines the state of the art of classifications in comparative law. In section III, the ways of thinking which can be applied in the activity of classification are illustrated. Sections IV and V are devoted to the explanation of the fuzzy set theory with the aim to understand the relevance of fuzzy logic in legal research and to illustrate a few applications of the fuzzy approach. The final section is dedicated to some reflections on the extent to which it is reasonable to adopt the fuzzy set theory in legal studies.
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