This paper will elucidate on what logic is, how it aids legal reasoning and argument, consider its major types and their relevance. It will also briefly explore the nuances of applying logic in the course of the practice of law and determine whether logic as a discipline is a tool that is imperative in the legal profession. A review of inductive logic as it relates to precedent, in the creation of the principles governing contractual relationship is another important focus of this study. In the concluding part of the work, the various criticisms of the application of logic to law will be scrutinised.