Advantages of CRARC
CRARC holds many advantages over both IRAC and IRARC for persuasive briefs. Both IRAC and IRARC begin with a neutral restatement of the issue in the case. When you restate an issue up-front, you miss an opportunity to persuade the reader.
The Anatomy of an Opinion: CRARC
Of the many organisational models deviated from IRAC, one that fully captures all elements of persuasive legal writing is CRARC.
Opinion Writing Guidelines
The type of opinion to be prepared depends upon the purpose that the appellate opinion serves. This may include:
Published Opinions
An opinion may be defined as a publicly stated, reasoned elaboration that justifies a conclusion or decision. Its purpose is to set forth an explanation for a decision that adjudicates a live case or controversy that has been presented before a court. To put it another way, a quality opinion will predict how similar factual scenarios will be treated. This explanatory function of the opinion is paramount. In the common law tradition, the court’s ability to develop case law finds legitimacy only because the decision is accompanied by a publicly recorded statement of reasoning available to all future readers.
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