Policy+Cases

Here are two common methods of structuring a government case. The first is a more "traditional" method from older policy. The second is becoming far more common and is known as independent justification.


 * TRADITIONAL**

Observation One: Resolutional Analysis

Definitions

Criterion - Typically Net-benefits, Cost-benefit Analysis, etc.

Observation Two: Signifigance/Harms/Inherency

A. Here's the problem.

B. The problem's bad.

C. Nothing is being done to fix the problem.

(You can add more points to go into more harms, etc)

PLAN

Observation Three: Solvency

A. How plan solves for the harms

B. More ways plan solves

C. Even more ways plan solves

Advantages

Adv. 1 - Plan garners some advantage.

A. Plan leads to some advantage.

B. Impacts of the advantage.

Adv. 2 - etc.


 * INDEPENDENT JUSTIFICATION**

Observation 1 - Resolutional Analysis

Definitions

Criterion - Net-benefits, Cost-benefit Analysis, etc.

Observation 2 - Inherency

A. Government not solving now

PLAN

Contention 1 - Plan addresses some issue.

A. This is the harm.

B. Here's how our plan solves the harm.

C. Advantage received by solving specific harm.

D. Terminal impact.

Contention 2 - Plan addresses another issue.

A. This is the harm.

B. Here's how our plan solves the harm.

C. Advantage received by solving specific harm.

D. Terminal impact.

Contention 3 - etc.