{"id":179201,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/principles-of-legal"},"modified":"2018-10-24T09:17:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:17:59","slug":"principles-of-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/principles-of-legal\/","title":{"rendered":"Principles of Legal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Case briefs are exactly what their name suggests: brief yet structured summaries of a court opinion. Generally one page in length, briefs are effective study tools for law students and are useful for interpreting common law. They include basic information about the case such as date, court level, and title, plus allegations by the plaintiff and defendant, case facts, any issues the case deals with, and the court\u2019s decision. Briefing is especially helpful for policy practitioners because it encourages a focus on the most important elements of a case, and fosters an understanding of the implications of a court\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To prepare for this assignment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Review Chapter 7 in&nbsp;<em>Principles of Legal Research<\/em>&nbsp;and Chapter 3 in&nbsp;<em>Legal Research Methods<\/em>. Familiarize yourself with case law sources and strategies for using them.<\/li>\n<li>Review Chapter 6 of your course text,&nbsp;<em>Principles of Legal Research<\/em>. Focus on section 6.3, \u201d Features of Published Cases,\u201d which details elements of reported opinions.<\/li>\n<li>Review the article, \u201cHow to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students.\u201d Consider the information you should gather when analyzing a case.<\/li>\n<li>Review the articles, \u201cHow to Brief a Case\u201d and \u201cThe Critical Thinker\u2019s Case Briefing Model.\u201d Focus on the purpose and elements of a case brief.<\/li>\n<li>Use the LexisNexis Academic database, and search for&nbsp;<em>Conti v. ASPCA<\/em>&nbsp;by case name, using the&nbsp;<em>Federal &amp; State Cases<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Combined<\/em>&nbsp;Source.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The assignment: (1\u20132<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>pages)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write a case brief of&nbsp;<em>Conti v. ASPCA<\/em>. In your brief, identify each part of the case.<\/li>\n<li>Explain the rule of law that emanates from the case.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Note<\/strong>: LexisNexis Academic provides the researcher with editorial enhancements at the beginning of the case. They can help researchers understand the case. The court\u2019s opinion begins after the title OPINION. That is where you should begin your reading of the case to complete your brief.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Case briefs are exactly what their name suggests: brief yet structured summaries of a court opinion. Generally one page in length, briefs are effective study tools for law students and are useful for interpreting common law. They include basic information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/principles-of-legal\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}