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    IRAC is a method for organizing legal analysis that includes an Issue, Rule, Application, and Conclusion. The Issue states the legal question to be addressed. The Rule identifies the applicable law, such as statutes, cases, or legal principles. The Application section discusses how the facts of the case align with the Rule. The Conclusion states the answer to the legal Issue based on the Application of the Rule to the facts.

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    IRAC

    What is it?
     Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion
     Method for organizing legal analysis so that the reader can follow your argument

    How to do it?

    Issue
     First state the question or problem that you are trying to answer (what might bring
    the parties into court). This can be in the form a statement. Examples:
    o “Colombia did not violate international law with the Phoenix Operation.”
    o “The occupation of Alicantian territory since 2008 has been and continues
    to be a violation of international law”.

    Rule
     State the rule or legal principle. This may take the form of treaties, custom
    principles, etc.
    o “Under customary international law, no State has the right to intervene
    directly or indirectly, in the internal or external affairs of another State.”
    o “The UN Charter is clear in prohibiting intervention inside the territory of
    another State.”
    o You can also use case law to explain the rule more thoroughly: “In the
    Nicaragua v. USA case, the Court explained that the principle of non-
    intervention entails that….”

    Application
     This is where you state your evidence and explain how you will arrive at your
    conclusion. You may cite other cases, discuss policy implications, and discuss
    (discount?) cases that run counter to your conclusion.
     In here you connect the applicable rules of international law to the facts of the
    case.
     Make sure that you weigh both sides and make counterarguments where
    appropriate.
     Use case law, analogizing and distinguishing, and policy to work your way to a
    conclusion.
    o “In this case, the acts committed by Agnostica are far from genocide,
    ethnic cleansing or crimes against humanity. While these crimes are
    systematically committed by the State, the events of 26 December 2015
    may only be regarded as an exceptional occurrence during the protests,
    which took place without any restrictions (Compromis, ¶ 15). In fact,
    military personnel were lightly armed during the protests (Compromis ¶
    16).”
    Conclusion

    In here, you “play judge”. This means you tell the judge what the decision should be. It is
    the conclusion that comes from all the process that you have done before.

    o “As a conclusion, as East Agnostics political rights have been respected


    and no racial discrimination has been committed, claims on secession
    should be dismissed by this Court”.
    o “Hence, the newly discovered properties of the mineral changed the
    essential circumstances that existed at the time of the conclusion of the
    treaty”.

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