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ylj-thesis-and-contribution
Use when sharpening the central legal-scholarly claim and contribution for a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) piece. It forces a falsifiable, generalist thesis and names the contribution type; it does not search prior literature (use ylj-preemption-check) or build the argument (use ylj-argument-structure).
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# Thesis & Contribution (ylj-thesis-and-contribution)
A YLJ piece lives or dies on a **single, sharp claim** that a generalist reader can restate. Student
editors (and faculty advisors they consult) reject pieces whose "thesis" is really a topic or a survey.
This skill nails the claim and labels the contribution; it does not yet prove novelty
(`ylj-preemption-check`) or sequence the argument (`ylj-argument-structure`).
## When to trigger
- You can name the *area* but cannot state the *claim* in one sentence
- A reader asks "so what's the argument?" and you give a paragraph, not a sentence
- The introduction promises several things and the reader cannot tell which is the point
- You are unsure whether the contribution is descriptive, doctrinal, theoretical, or normative
