Case Brief: Financing the International Sale of Goods
Overview
The case brief enables you to develop fundamental legal skills to analyze the decisions of courts and their way of reasoning. Case Briefing is a fundamental skill to understand the legal doctrines which sustain legal decision making. The Case Brief enables you to learn how to synthesize the main aspects of legal cases which are an essential tool to learn international normative ideas.
Instructions
For the Case Brief, choose the case from 5.2: that you find most influential and interesting and write a brief.
The Case Brief should include the following:
Must be at least 500 words.
Must follow current Bluebook format, and include the following sections:
Caption with the correct case name and a proper citation
Facts in chronological order
Procedural history in chronological order
Issue combining applicable law, items presented to court, and relevant facts into 1 question
Rule of law stating the legal test that the court applied to resolve the legal issue
Holding providing a brief and accurate summary of the court’s ruling
Rationale containing the court’s analysis through a concise explanation
Reference:
Folsom, R. H., Gordon, M. W., P., V. A. M., & Ramsey, M. D. (2019). International Business Transactions: A problem-oriented coursebook (13th ed.). West Academic Publishing.
