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    This document outlines an assignment for a legal theories class where students must analyze 4 news articles on different areas of law and connect them to concepts of legal thinking. For each article, students must identify the legal topic, summarize the content, identify interested parties, ask questions of key figures, connect the issues to a legal philosopher, and define 2 legal terms found in the article. Students will compile the analyses into a scrapbook that will be graded based on demonstration of knowledge, quality of thinking and questions, communication skills, and following the instructions of the assignment. Areas of law that must be covered include at least one from public law such as constitutional, criminal, or administrative law.

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    This document outlines an assignment for a legal theories class where students must analyze 4 news articles on different areas of law and connect them to concepts of legal thinking. For each article, students must identify the legal topic, summarize the content, identify interested parties, ask questions of key figures, connect the issues to a legal philosopher, and define 2 legal terms found in the article. Students will compile the analyses into a scrapbook that will be graded based on demonstration of knowledge, quality of thinking and questions, communication skills, and following the instructions of the assignment. Areas of law that must be covered include at least one from public law such as constitutional, criminal, or administrative law.

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    CLN4ULegalTheoriesResearch

    Assignment
    UNIT1MajorAssignment
    Individually,youwillinvestigatethelegaltheoriesusingfourarticlesfromnewspapers(on-lineorprint
    versionsarebothacceptable)havingtodowithfourofthefollowingareasorcategoriesoflaw(at
    leastonefromPublicLaw):

    Note:ForeacharticleyoumustconnectoneofthefourareasofLegalThinking(LegalSignificance,
    Interrelationships,Perspectiveandcontinuity&change).Youcanonlyuseeachthinkingconcept
    once.

    PublicLaw
    o ConstitutionalLaw
    o CriminalLaw
    o AdministrativeLaw
    PrivateLaw
    o FamilyLaw
    o PropertyLaw
    o EstateLaw
    o TortLaw
    o ContractLaw
    o Employment/LabourLaw

    Specifically,
    1. Cutthearticleout,andbesuretorecordthesourceofyourarticle(e.g.The
    OttawaCitizen
    ,Tuesday,February16,2010,pageB2)
    2. Readthearticle,identifythetopicorissuepresentedbythearticle.
    3. Brieflysummarizethecontentofthearticle.
    4. Identifythepartiesinvolvedinthestoryandwhowouldhaveagreatinterestinits
    outcome.
    5. Create3goodquestionsthatyouwouldliketoaskakeyfigureinthestoryorthe
    authorinordertoestablishmoreclarityabouttheevents/issues/significanceof
    thestory.Besuretoidentifywhoyouwouldposeeachquestionto.
    6. Considerthephilosophyoflawthatunderscoresthearticle.Selectaphilosopher
    fromourpresentationsandidentifywhathe/shewouldsayaboutthisissue.
    7. Identifytwolegaltermsfoundinthearticleanddefinethem,usingan
    appropriatelegaldefinition
    8. compileyourarticlesintoascrapbookform,whichwillincludeatitlepageanda
    tableofcontents
    AreaofLaw
    Headline
    Page
    CriminalLaw
    WomanGets15Yearsfor A1
    StarvingHerSon
    eacharticleshouldtakeupapageortwoinyourscrapbook,andwillincludethearticleitself;
    identificationofthecategoryoflaw;identificationofthesourceofthearticle;yoursummaryof
    thearticle;andtwolegaltermsfoundinthearticle,plusyourdefinitionsofthem.

    CLN4U-SCRAPBOOKRUBRIC
    Knowledge&Understanding
    Thearticlewasanappropriateexampleoftheareaoflaw
    identified.
    Appropriatelegaltermshavebeenidentifiedanddefinedusing
    theLEGALmeaningoftheword.
    Issuesandperspectivesareaccuratelyidentified
    Summaryreflectsknowledgeofintroductiontolaw
    Thinking&Inquiry
    Qualityofquestionscreateddemonstratesgoodinsightinto
    natureoftheissueandthosetowhomitismostsignificant.
    Clearconnectionsaremadebetweenthechosenlegalconcept
    andarticle.
    Communication
    Wellwritten;clear,conciseandcapturedmainideasandissues.
    Pridetakeninpresentationofscrapbook
    ExcellentGrammar&Spelling
    Application
    Theassignmentinstructionswerefollowed.Thearticlewascut
    out,highlightedandsourced.

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