Read: “Critical Writing Skills: An Introduction to Briefing” from LAW SCHOOL MATERIALS FOR SUCCESS [3 pgs.]
Complete: Legal Writing Assignment. Re-Read Hadley v. Baxendale and Write a one-page (max.) case brief in narrative style (with sub-heads) for Hadley v. Baxendale. Use FIRAC (see below) and Rules for Legal Writing. Your subheads and outline for your brief are as follows:
Facts: Narrate the relevant facts/ competing narratives of the facts in the case.
Issue: Describe the precise issue/s before the court and tell why they are important in this case.
Rule: State the rule/s, principle/s or statute/s that apply in this case. State the reason for the rule; principle or statute. State the relevant exceptions to the rules, principle or statute while explaining the reason for any exception.
Analysis-Arguments: Describe how the court applied the rules and principles to the relevant facts/show how the court analyzed and synthesized the pertinent legal rules and principles in light of the facts/summarize both party’s best arguments on applying the rule to the facts of the case.
Conclusion-Holdings: State the court’s holding/s, the reasoning supporting the holdings, and assess the persuasiveness of the court’s opinion. State the positions of any concurring or dissenting opinions, the reasoning behind the concurrences and dissents, and the persuasiveness of their reasoning. Give your opinion, with reasons, of whether you think the case was rightly or wrongly decided.
Your answers to this assignment, like all of the writing requirements for this course, must STRICTLY conform to the Rules for Legal Writing in ACLS I