Your paper will automatically go through Turnitin. You may write your paper on one of the following three topics:
1. An in-depth analysis of United States v. Jones, 565 U.S. ___ (2012) and the Fourth Amendment case law leading up to Jones. Specifically what cases did Jones overturn, either entirely or in part. How does Jones impact, affect the applicability of the Fourth Amendment?
2. Research the case law and statutory law behind self-defense and the use of deadly force. What does the case law reveal that an average citizen can use in terms of self-defense and deadly force? How is that different than a law enforcement officer? Provide a detailed analysis of the case law where the court’s have grappled with these issues. Focus primarily on the Supreme Court cases on this issue.
3. Research, summarize and analyze the most recent US Supreme Court Opinions that address criminal law matters. Some hot topics for 2018 included ineffective assistance counsel and probable cause and Fourth Amendment challenges. Of these cases decided by the Supreme Court most recently, what cases will be overturned? How has the case law lead up to this point and how might it be affected in the future. What are the practical implications of these recent Supreme Court decisions.
Your paper will automatically be processed through Turnitin. Your paper should be 8-10 pages. Here are some general guidelines. Please use 12 font and one inch margins. Please include page numbers. Please double space. I recommend using topic and sub topic headings to organize your paper.
Please include a reference page at the end of your paper where you list all the references used in your paper.
What I’m really looking for in the paper is graduate level cohesive writing where you research and analyze primary legal sources, such as case law, statutes and the US Constitution.
Please use the Bluebook or APA citation format for your references, depending on whether you are a Legal Studies student or not.
1. Write an introduction, which clearly identifies the topic of your report and the issues which you seek to illuminate. The introduction should include the thesis statement (or basis of your report), and a very preliminary overview of the evidence you will use to support it. Finally, the introduction should include a statement that identifies what your paper contributes to our understanding of the law of Homeland Security (in other words, why is the topic of your report important?).
2. The body of your report should be dedicated to support your thesis statement with claims gleaned from your research (into what others have written on the topic; data that you have gathered), readings from the course text, discussions, and/or case law, law review articles.
3. Conclude your report by recapitulating your thesis statement and explaining in greater detail the significance of your findings. If you would like, include in your conclusion some questions or claims about the topic and/or specific which you’ve written. If you believe more research needs to be done on your topic, be specific about what kind of research and how you think it ought to be done.
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