POLI 431
Essay Assignment
Assignment
Select a domestic, foreign, or international national security event or controversy that has occurred after January 1, 2022.
Write an essay analyzing the legal issues arising in the event or controversy you selected, using only the course readings, and/or sources created or cases decided, after January 1, 2022.
Details
Your paper should be a 5– 7 page (double spaced) standard essay in which you address the task above as efficiently as possible. Be sure to articulate a clear thesis statement. Follow this link for help writing an essay. You may use alternative organization formats (for example the legal brief format).
Use any standard citation method. UMBC has a good website to help with citation. (Also, this website has very good information on the citation formats). To cite cases you need only include the case name in italics, the year of the decision, and the court.
Your essay must be entirely your own work.
The assignment must be or uploaded to Blackboard by 5:00 p.m. on June 22. If you have problems doing so email your paper to the professor () Please use MS Word or other standard word processor.
Rubric
Your grade on this assignment will be based on the following criteria:
Criteria
Percentage
Demonstrated knowledge of national security law.
25%
Demonstrated ability to apply the law to real world situations.
Analysis of the legal issues arising in the national security event or controversy you selected that demonstrates an understanding of how the law applies to national security situations.
This includes:
Using readings, cases, statutes, treaties, etc. to apply rules of law to the selected event.
An understanding of how the law of these cases relates to the selected event.
The degree to which your argument is supported by the law.
65%
Grammar, spelling, organization and clarity.
10%
this is some sources:
18 U.S. Code § 2331 – Definitions | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute (cornell.edu)
Terrorism Act 2000 (legislation.gov.uk)
