4.4 Case Research Skills and Preparation

The research's-method (the doctrinal-craft (the LAW5506's-full-depth-here-the-reminder)): the issue-framed (the question-shaped (the facts-to-law-mapped)) + the sources- searched (the statute (the current-version (the amendments-checked (the commencement (the application)))) + the case-law (the precedent-hierarchy (the SC-binding (the NKP-and-the-decision- databases (the verified-citation's-discipline (the never-fake-a-case (the AI-era's-honesty (the verify- then-cite)))))) + the secondary (the commentaries (the textbooks (the journals (the persuasive- only))))) + the synthesis (the authorities-organised (the rule-extracted (the distinctions-drawn (the adverse-authority-faced-not-hidden (the candour-again))))); The preparation (the case-file-built): the theory-of-the-case (the one-paragraph-story (the facts + the law + the remedy (the coherent-whole (the every-document-serving-the-theory)))) + the evidence-mapped (the elements-matrix (the proof-needed-vs-the-proof-held (the gaps-attacked (the witness-list (the exhibit-list (the LAW5601's-companion)))))) + the procedure-planned (the forum (the jurisdiction (the limitation-checked (the LAW5403's-twin)))) + the opposition-anticipated (the counter- arguments-pre-answered (the preparation's-preparation)).