Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Legal Analysis
Legal Analysis
GENERAL PROCESS
CONCLUSION
can include
Recommendations
ISSUE
Rule of Law + Legal Question + Key Facts
The three elements must be stated as one
statement in question form.
May start with a broad statement (only the
legal question) but a narrow or
comprehensive statement can follow after
some research have been conducted.
Must follow the 3 Cs:
Complete
Concise
Clear
RULE OF LAW
Statutory laws: Constitution, International
Treaties, Statutes (RAs, Acts, CAs, BPs), PDs,
EOs, Implementing Rules and Regulations,
Supreme Court Rules, Ordinances
Case law: Supreme Court jurisprudence
precedent, conclusive or mandatory
Lower courts (CA, RTC, MTC, MCTC, MTCC,
Sandiganbayan, CTA, quasi-judicial bodies
not conclusive or mandatory but persuasive
NOTE: Cite only applicable provisions
ANALYSIS/APPLICATION