Writing an analytical legal essay is a formidable task. Even a thought about it evokes a
flurry of questions- What should be the topic of the essay? What
competition/journal/blog should I write
it for? Where to start? What should be the structure of the essay? Attempting
to answer the perennial stream of such questions, I
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