Meet MIRAT: Legal Reasoning Fragmented into Learnable Chunks
11 Pages Posted: 12 Mar 2014 Last revised: 28 May 2014
Date Written: March 23, 1991
Abstract
This paper sets out an acronym MIRAT which summarises the standard framework and cycle expected for answers in law school exams, and to a lesser extent for advice in legal practice. The letters stand for Material facts, Issues, Rules, Arguments each way, and Tentative conclusion.
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Keywords: legal research, law school exams, legal analysis, legal writing structure
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Wade, John Harington, Meet MIRAT: Legal Reasoning Fragmented into Learnable Chunks (March 23, 1991). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2406990 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2406990
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