The first step in preparing your case law analysis is to choose a legal decision involving contracts. In your briefing, you must be able to understand the court’s decision, summarize it, and evaluate it. You may choose any publicly available legal case involving a breach of contract or dispute arising from a contractual agreement. To help you get started, use these useful resources that is uploaded below to find an interesting case involving breach or a contractual dispute:
INSTRUCTION:
Once you have selected a decision and an organization impacted by the decision, imagine you’re a senior manager in the organization you selected and that you were asked to prepare a briefing (3–4 double-spaced pages) of the court decision to help the executive team of the organization understand the impact the case might have on the company.
In your briefing, please complete the following:
Summarize the facts of the case.
Include detailed explanations of the facts.
Include key distinctions and nuances that enhance understanding of the case.
Explain all key contractual terms in dispute.
Include detailed and nuanced explanations of their relevance.
How do these terms matter in the case?
Apply relevant legal principles (for example, offer and acceptance, consideration, performance) accurately.
Demonstrate exceptional understanding and insight into how these principles relate to the case.
Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each party’s arguments.
Provide insightful and nuanced analyses of each party’s arguments.
Analyze the court’s ruling and rationale clearly and accurately.
Offer detailed commentary on the rationale and implications.
Analyze alternative outcomes clearly.
Argue the potential impact of these alternative outcomes.
Demonstrate nuanced understanding of the feasibility and implications of these outcomes.
Explain accurately how the ruling applies to a specific industry and third-party company.
This is the company and industry where you should imagine yourself to be a senior manager for this assessment.
It is for the real or imagined executives of this company that you write this briefing.
Provide these executives with concrete examples to demonstrate how they should modify their their operating procedures to be consistent with the case opinion.
Additional Requirements
Based on your executive audience, your executive briefing should be no more than four pages, in addition to a references page, and should be well organized and written in clear, succinct language. Follow APA rules for attributing content to sources that support your analysis and conclusions.
Your submission should meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Write in complete sentences free from errors that detract from the overall message.
Font and font size: Arial, 12 point.
Format and length: Double-spaced, 3–4 pages.
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