Legal Theory tutoring
Argue Legal Theory, don't recite it.
Legal Theory rewards a clear method for stating a position, grounding it in a theorist, and applying it to the question. It is not vague opinion. It is structured argument.
The challenge
Where students get stuck
Students often answer Legal Theory from instinct, with a sweep of names but no structure. The marks go to answers that state a position, attribute it to its theorist, apply it to the precise question, and weigh the competing school. The recurring difficulty is treating jurisprudence as a list of summaries rather than a live argument to be resolved.
How I help
We use the same routine as every other subject: name the issue, state the position with its source, apply it to the facts or the question, then conclude. We work through positivism, natural law, Dworkin, realism and critical theory, and practise applying them so the answer argues rather than recites.
The method
One method, every problem
Four steps run every argument: name the issue, state the rule, apply it to the facts, conclude. Almost every legal rule takes one of six shapes. Any of these six shapes may carry a twist. Learn the six shapes and the twist →
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