Judicial · Advanced
Judicial Reasoning and Judgment Writing
How judgments are built and how they should read: findings of fact, ratio, obiter, and reasons a losing party can understand.
What you get
An Incredible Attorneys platform credential. It is not a qualification recognised by any bar or regulator, and does not entitle the holder to practise.
- Hours
- 20
- Pass mark
- 60%
- Languages
- en
- Modules
- 5
Syllabus
- 1 Findings of fact Evidence, credibility and the standard of proof.
- 2 Identifying the ratio What binds, and what is merely said.
- 3 Structuring reasons Issues in order, each answered.
- 4 Precedent Following, distinguishing and departing.
- 5 Writing for the losing party Reasons that explain rather than assert.
What this covers
Each area links to the statutes and judgments that actually govern it, in whichever jurisdiction you are working in.
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