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1375 Article Assignment Winter 2020 SOSC 1375 Article review Assignment 25% of final grade in course
DUE March 13, 2020 (submit to your TA at the start of class) Choose one of the articles below and complete your assignment by answering these questions with reference to the course readings and themes. Read the article once, I would suggest, to highlight the key points and make notes. Then read it again with the specific questions below in mind and make notes for each section of the essay. Then you are ready to write! 1. What is the article’s topic? Make sure to include this in your introductory paragraph. (approx. 75-100 words)
2. What is the author’s argument? Put the main points of the article in your own words. (approx. 150-200 words)
3. Which socio-legal method does the author use? Where/how do you see it at work? (approx. 150-200 words)
4. What evidence does the author use to support her/his argument? (approx. 175-200 words)
5. What does the author’s research reveal (directly and/or indirectly) about the relationship between law and society? Refer to and engage with at least 3 course readings in your analysis. (approx. 900-1000 words)
You are expected to use proper citation format in your essay.* Article Choices* TBA You must demonstrate that you have done the course readings in order to do well in the assignment. 1. Clear and coherent statements
2. Citations can be in any style (i.e. APA, Chicago, but the format must be used consistently)
3. Well organized, strong analytic skills and writing skills 4. Use of peer-reviewed materials from the syllabus. Basic Requirements: Your paper should be 5 pages long, double spaced, 12-point font [4.5 minimum and 5.5 maximum pages]. All assignments must include a separate bibliography. Please save your work on a back-up drive and print up a copy for safe-keeping. All pages in your written work should be numbered except the title page. The title page should include your full name and student number, course code and title, professor’s name and TAs name, tutorial number, as well as the date submitted (the actual submission date). Your name should also appear in the top right corner of each page. Do not over-quote: a quotation is not a substitute for your own analysis. I would recommend a maximum of 3 quotes, no longer than 2 lines each (if your quote is longer than four lines, you must treat it as an extended quote that is indented, etc.) I would recommend that you organize your ideas into an outline before writing your paper and be sure to proof read it for errors of spelling and grammar. Please review and follow the “Elements of Socio-Legal Writing” included below. Lectures and popular websites are not acceptable ‘sources’ for this assignment. Elements of Effective Socio-Legal Writing: 1. Good writing is clear and precise. When you write sentences that can be interpreted in many different ways you demonstrate that you are thinking in a vague way. Write so that you make clear and precise what you mean. 2. Socio-legal focused thinking is grounded in the use of supporting arguments/evidence. When you do not use specific examples to make your points clear, you demonstrate that you do not know how to clarify your thought as a socio-legal scholar. Give relevant examples and illustrations that are focused on the argument you’re advancing. 3. Good socio-legal focused thinking is logical. When you do not make clear statements with appropriate transitional words and critical vocabulary the logical relations between the sentences and paragraphs you write you reveal that you do not fully understand the structure of your own reasoning. Make clear the logical relations between the sentences and paragraphs that you write. 4. Socio-legal thinking is analytic. When you fail to employ key concepts and to demonstrate their logic you show that you are weak at conceptual analysis. Use key concepts in your written work wherever appropriate. 5. Socio-legal thinking is always focused on clear socio-legal questions. When you fail to clarify the questions and/or issues you are dealing with or when you drift from one issue to the next, you reveal a lack of intellectual discipline, focus and understanding of what each issue you raise requires of you. You also demonstrate a lack of sense of relevance. Clarify the questions and or issues you are focusing on and stick to them throughout the written piece. Show how each point you make is relevant to the questions/issues you are pursuing. 6. Good socio-legal thinking does not jump to conclusions. When you make sweeping judgments about a position you have not sufficiently analyzed you demonstrate intellectual laziness and/or arrogance. Show in your writing that you have considered a variety of reasonable ways of looking at the issue. DATE DOWNLOADED: Sat Mar 7 02:47:53 2020 SOURCE: Content Downloaded from HeinOnline Citations: Bluebook 20th ed. Eric Tucker , Alan Hall, Leah Vosko & Rebecca Hall, Making or Administering Law and Policy: Discretion and Judgment in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario, 31 Can. J.L. & Soc. 65 (2016). ALWD 6th ed. Eric Tucker , Alan Hall, Leah Vosko & Rebecca Hall, Making or Administering Law and Policy: Discretion and Judgment in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario, 31 Can. J.L. & Soc. 65 (2016). APA 6th ed. Tucker, E.; Hall, A.; Vosko, L.; Hall, R. (2016). Making or administering law and policy: Discretion and judgment in employment standards enforcement in ontario. Canadian Journal of Law & Society, 31(1), 65-86. Chicago 7th ed. Eric Tucker; Alan Hall; Leah Vosko; Rebecca Hall, "Making or Administering Law and Policy: Discretion and Judgment in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario," Canadian Journal of Law & Society 31, no. 1 (2016): 65-86 McGill Guide 9th ed. Eric Tucker et al, "Making or Administering Law and Policy: Discretion and Judgment in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario" (2016) 31:1 CJLS 65. MLA 8th ed. Tucker, Eric, et al. "Making or Administering Law and Policy: Discretion and Judgment in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario." Canadian Journal of Law & Society, vol. 31, no. 1, 2016, p. 65-86. HeinOnline. OSCOLA 4th ed. Eric Tucker and Alan Hall and Leah Vosko and Rebecca Hall, 'Making or Administering Law and Policy: Discretion and Judgment in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario' (2016) 31 Can JL &