Requirements for logically coherent legal reasoning

Abstract

Legal reasoning is the soul of legal thought and practice, ensuring that law functions not merely as a system of rules but as an order of reason and justice. Amid Vietnam’s ongoing institutional reforms, reasoning and legal writing emerge as central capacities guiding the formulation, interpretation, and application of law in a logical, coherent, and humane manner. Legal reasoning requires strict adherence to fundamental logical principles such as the law of identity, non-contradiction, excluded middle, and sufficient reason, thereby orienting and perfecting the legal system in a simple, understandable, implementable manner and maintaining a unified understanding, to protect human rights, citizen rights and promote compliance with the law in the current context.