CRM123 Case Analysis - The process of the U.S. legal system

CRM 123 – Case Analysis Instructions Purpose

The goals of this assignment are to provide a valuable skill and to assess your ability to comprehend and apply case law. Reading, briefing, and applying what you are reading in your textbook and learning in the modules are effective ways to become literate in the process of the U.S. legal system. Conducting an Analysis Before making and defending a decision, you must be familiar with the relevant law.

For our purposes, your textbook and course material provide all the legal concepts needed to apply the law to a factual situation. Once you are familiar with the general content of the chapter, you should be able to recognize the issue involved in a case and find the legal concepts that will help you decide the case.

For your reference, a sample analysis is provided at the end of this document. First, you will read the assigned fact patterns (provided via a link in the module). Then, you will complete an analysis for all fact patterns presented.

 Each analysis should contain the following:

1. The main issue. Identify and write (in your own words, at least 50% original) the central issue to be decided. As much as possible, set the issue in legal terms and concepts.

2. Relevant legal concepts quoted from textbook court opinions. Search the assigned chapter for legal concepts that will help you decide and justify your decision. Once you find the quotations you wish to use, copy them into the appropriate places in your analysis.

3. Relevant case law quoted from the textbook.

4. Rationale. Write (in your own words, at least 50% original) a complete explanation about how you used the legal concepts you cited to make a decision about how the case should be resolved.

5. Ruling. Describe (in your own words, at least 50% original) what should happen to the parties involved as a result of your decision.

Submit your Case Analysis to the Assignment box no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT of the assigned module. (The Assignment box for these assignments maybe linked to Turnitin.)