Learning Objective(s)
Discuss the nature of law and legal reasoning and identify the sources of American Law. (LO1)
Identify the constitutional authority to regulate business and examples of how business is regulated by federal and state governments. (LO3)
Discuss the nature of torts and crimes and the differences between them. (LO4)
Apply principles learned in the course to analyze and resolve hypothetical cases. (LO7)
Demonstrate effective written communication skills and evaluate and critique the reasoning of others in a mature, thoughtful and respectful manner. (LO8)
Overview
Each student is responsible for completing two short Current Event Paper Assignments during the course. The first current event paper must relate to an investigation, dispute, claim, or litigation relating to a criminal or tort matter involving a business. This paper is due during Week 4. The second current event paper must relate to a contract negotiation or dispute involving a business. This paper is due during Week 7. This is the Assignment for Paper #1 – relating to a criminal or tort matter. Detailed information about this assignment that you should review, include the description Download descriptionand guidelines Download guidelines. In addition, you must use the template Download templatefor this paper.
Paper Requirements
Identify Current Event. Student should identify a current event (within the last six months) that relates to a criminal law or tort law topic that was covered in the course. The current event must involve an investigation, claim, or lawsuit, that is a crime or tort matter involving a business. For example, student a student may write about a criminal investigation or prosecution of a business, a lawsuit alleging a business has engaged in negligence, an intellectual property dispute between businesses, etc.
Research Current Event. Student must utilize more than one news source to learn about the current event. Once student identifies a current event to write about, the student must research at least 2 additional news sources about the event (a total of three sources). News sources may have bias in headlines and/or reporting. One way to recognize and minimize bias is to research and rely upon multiple sources for news. As students source articles about their current event, they should be mindful of research sources from diverse sources. Resources that may be helpful to students in understanding bias and identifying diverse sources are provided in the Assignment Description.
Analyze and Write about the Current Event. Students should analyze the current event in relation to the law and then write a paper meeting the criteria outlined. Each paper should include the following content, which must meet the length requirement and description detailed in the linked guidelines Download linked guidelines:
Introductory paragraph.
An overview and details of the current event.
Identification and application of the relevant law to the current event. (Note: your course textbook is a required source and should be your key resource and citation for the applicable law. You are neither required nor prohibited from using other sources for legal information, but if you use a source in addition to your textbook it must be a scholarly resource (e.g, journal article, legal case, statute, etc.)
Critical Reflection and lessons learned.
Conclusion paragraph.
Reference list that lists references in APA format. As part of your reference list, you must include a brief paragraph about the efforts you took to learn about the current event in a balanced or unbiased way.
The paper must be professionally written and edited for organization, spelling, grammar, etc.
Submission Instructions
Students must upload their paper via Canvas. Papers are subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.comfor the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.comreference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the Usage Policy posted on the Turnitin.com.
Grading & Feedback
Papers will be graded after the due date has passed. Grading is based upon the rubric provided with this assignment. Feedback will be provided within the grading rubric.
