Tort and Criminal Law IRAC Case Brief
Review the “IRAC Method” section of Ch. 1.
Research one legal case or recent event involving a tort and one legal case or recent event related to criminal law. Each case or event should have taken place within the past two years.
Write in-depth briefs explaining your selected cases using the IRAC method.
Each case brief should be 350 to 525 words and include an explanation of how the legal concepts in the selected case can be applied within a managerial business setting including considerations such as but not limited to:
Insurance
Internal auditing and reporting procedures
Explaining what could have been done differently in each case to avoid or reduce harm/risk
IRAC Method
Legal cases are usually examined using the following critical legal thinking method. First,
the facts of the case must be investigated and understood. Next, the legal issue that is to be
answered must be identified and succinctly stated. Then the law that is to be applied to the case
must be identified, read, and understood. Once the facts, law, and legal issue have been stated,
critical thinking must be used in applying the law to the facts of the case. This requires that the
decision maker—whether a judge, juror, or student—analyze, examine, evaluate, interpret, and
apply the law to the facts of the case. Last, the critical legal thinker must reach a conclusion and
state his or her judgment. In the study of law, this process is often referred to as the IRAC
method (IRAC is an acronym that stands for issue, rule, application, and conclusion), as
outlined in the following:
IRAC method
A method used to examine a law case. IRAC is an acronym that stands
for issue, rule, application, and conclusion.
• I = What is the legal issue in the case?
• R = What is the rule (law) of the case?
• A = What is the court’s analysis and rationale?
• C = What was the conclusion or outcome of the case?
This text—whether in its print or electronic version—offer students ample opportunities to
develop and apply critical legal thinking. The text contains real-world cases in which actual
disputing parties have become embroiled. The law cases are real, the parties are real, and the
decisions reached by juries and judges are real. Some cases are easier to decide than others, but
all provide a unique set of facts that require critical legal thinking to solve.
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