Legal Research (Ontario-Canada)

1. Read theR v. Kazemicase on pp 61-63 of the textbook ( Legal Research by Arlene Blatt & JoAnn Kurtz) and answer the following questions:

a. State the paragraph number(s) where you find the elements below. (If an element is not in a numbered paragraph, describe its location instead.)

Purpose; Facts; Issues; Law;

Ratio decidendifor each issue identified above; Decision for each issue identified above; Summary of the case; Disposition; and

Provide your analysis of the case.

b. Next, the highlight in the paragraphs you identified in question 1 the text that most precisely expresses each of the elements you were looking forthat is,

Purpose,

Facts,

Issues,

Law,

Ratio decidendi for each issue,

Decision for each issue, and

Disposition.

c. Finally, using the excerpts you highlighted in question b, summarize or condense (but don't paraphrasedon't put into your own words) the following:

The facts;

The issues; and

The law.