How Do You Write The Application Process Of A Case Brief?
A case brief is a summary of the facts, the court’s decision and how the court reached its decision in a particular case. Case briefs are most commonly associated with law school, where a student must read several cases for each class session and be prepared to discuss each case at a moment’s notice. The most important section of a case brief is the application section, which describes why the court came to a particular conclusion, rather than merely stating what the court’s conclusion was. Write the rule or rules of law that the court used to decide an issue in the case. If the court used more than one rule to decide a particular issue, include all of those rules. For example, trespassing is the intentional entry onto the land of another. A second rule might be that the plaintiff is not required to show that the defendant intended to enter the plaintiff’s land. Write a brief description of how the court applied the rule or rules to the facts of the case. For example, “As to the claim