A thorough reading and notetaking of the case analysis is a good first step in your critique. Be sure and note where the case is located as well as the time period of the case study if it is relevant. Write down the issues being discussed in the case study. If you are writing about a specific court case, you need to note the arguments on both sides of the case. The more thorough your notes are, the easier it will be to write your critique. Because you will be critiquing the case analysis, research other critiques of this case study. Their ideas may inform, and give weight to, your own.
Construct an introduction to your critique. A good introduction will need to profile your critique as well as include other details about the case study analysis. The author of the case analysis will need to be included in the introduction in addition to the title of the work and its purpose. If you are discussing a court case, the name of the case will need to be included. Writing a brief one-sentence description of the case analysis could be included in the introduction as well. A concluding sentence should outline how you plan to critique the case analysis.
The first paragraph under the introduction should be a description of the case study analysis, which needs to briefly describe the issues or problems of the case study. The second body paragraph will begin your critique, in which you will discuss the issues within the case study one at a time. If an issue within the critique can be connected in your research to other case studies, court cases or other critiques in the literature, this is the time to discuss it. You also can propose a formula for resolving problems or new ways around an issue. Further ideas for critiquing could include discussing the methods of analysis used in the critique and whether the analysis was thorough and achieved its purpose. Bias may also be discussed. If this paragraph is getting long, or if it looks like it may go over a page, you may want to break it into smaller paragraphs by issue.
The final paragraph should be reserved for your conclusions, in which you will briefly summarize your discussion of the issues. Discuss whether the case study analysis benefits society and if further research could be done in the area that the case study covered. If you are discussing a court case, you may want to discuss whether or not you see further litigation arising from the outcome in the case study you analyzed. If you are going to give suggestions -- and depending on what your teacher wants, you may be asked to -- you must include references or research to back up the suggestions you give.