Adversarial System Of Justice
INSTRUCTION: Students will select and answer ONE of the following questions: 1. Using ONE specific example, discuss how the law can evolve to meet the needs of society. 2. Explain the Adversarial System of justice. Include in your essay whether or not you think it is an effective system? Why, or why not? 3. Describe how a common law system works. Do you think it is an effective system? Why, or why not? (Dont forget to include the impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.) 4. Our judicial system focuses on factual guilt instead of legal guilt OR our judicial system focuses on legal guilt instead of factual guilt. Students will argue their point of view for their ONE chosen topic and use appropriate academic terminology to support themselves. It is important that students defend their position with facts and research from properly cited sources. Students should also use a selected court case or specific legislative example that supports their position. The citation format is APA, which must be used for in-text citations and for the reference page. This assignment is worth 20% (1/5) of your final grade. Summary: Contemplate the topic statement on our judicial system above and the position you take. Make sure to plug in a specific example that helps prove your point and use the appropriate academic terms. Edit and cite. Format: The assignment should be a 0800-1000 word (TOTAL-if the assignment is longer, it will not be marked) formal essay, double-spaced, size-12 font, times new roman black. You require a title page with your name, word count, and instructor name, course code and section number. If you do not have one or any of these, marks may be taken off. You also require a reference page which shows your sources (course readers and the reading material) utilizing APA. APA will also be used for all in-text citations BUT no running head or abstract is required. Please see the marking rubric for specifics. This is a personal essay so you may use I and we etc.
