you need to submitTWO (2)I-R-A-C analyzes (described below) for your Problem Set from two of the case problems from chapters 1 through 7 listed below. Submit on or before Sunday in Week 4, February 3.The Problem Set is worth 200 points of the grade, due in Week#4.Please note that in drafting the "Issue", you should ignore the questions raised by the authors of the text and draft your own question:ONE question per analysis.

ONE question per analysis.

ChapterCase ProblemPage in text

14, 526

21, 2, 354

32,3, 4, 6, 8, 981 - 83

43,4, 5, 6, 7, 8116 - 117

51, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8145 - 147

61, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7176 - 177

71, 3, 4, 6205 - 206

The process of legal analysis; i.e. the Issue-Rule-Analysis-Conclusion (I-R-A-C) format, is the analysis which all lawyers will doubtless feel comfortable with. It should be emphasized that this type of analysis is not limited solely to legal analysis. It can (and should) be applied in any situation in which a knowledgeable person attempts to apply that knowledge to a specific life experience. The following description of the I-R-A-C process may be helpful: In the I-R-A-C process the student is required to do the following:

1. Issue: Identify the question which best addresses the problem posed by the facts presented (There should be a direct link between the question raised in the Issue and the general "rule" set out in the Rule. For example, if the facts presented raise a question whether one party made an "offer" to the other party, the Issue could be stated, "Did X make an offer to Y?")
2. Rule: Identify and state the legal rule(s) verbatim (word-for-word) from the text which apply in the situation or fact pattern given. (Again, there should be a direct link between the question raised in the Issue and the general "rule" set out in the Rule. For example, if the issue is "Did X make an offer to Y?", then the Rule would be a definition of an offer: "Under the common law, three elements are necessary for an offer to be effective: "1. The offeror must have a serious intention to become bound by the offer. "2. The terms of the offer must be reasonably certain, or definite so that the parties and the court can ascertain the terms of the contract. "3. The offer must be communicated by the offeror to the offeree, resulting in the offeree's knowledge of the offer.")
3. Application: Apply the legal rule(s) identified to the given fact pattern. The analysis should proceed in a step-by-step logical fashion and connect each point raised in the rule to the facts given in the fact pattern. Students should use the words in the Rule to shape the discussion in the Application. They should identify who in the facts presented is: the "offeror", "terms of the offer", "parties", and "offeree". Those connections are relatively easy to do. In addition, however, they should explain why: the offeror had "serious intention to become bound"; the terms are "reasonably certain, or definite so that the parties and the court can ascertain the terms of the contract"; and the "offer" was communicated. These connections require developing the habit of explaining their thinking fully and clearly.
4. Conclusion Make a conclusion based upon the analysis. Be sure that the conclusion is logically supported by the analysis. There is no need to repeat what was said in the Application.