1- Assignment: Research PAPER, the research question that you plan to examine for your final project. In the PAPER, you should introduce a potential research question for your qualifying paper and explain the significance of your question to the existing literature.
Your proposal must include the following elements:
1. A topic or "problem."
2. Identification of something about this topic or problem that you want to know about that you don't know already.
3. A brief summary of what others have already had to say about your question (i.e., a "lit review").
4. A researchable question that takes into account your lit review.
5. Some tentative hypotheses (let's start with at least three).
6. A methodological strategy for coming up with good answers to your question.
Guidelines:
1. Make certain-and make the case-that your topic/problem/question falls within the parameters of the "sociology of law."
2. Make the case for why others (your audience) should care about your topic/problem. At the same time, make sure that it's something that you're truly interested in and curious about.
3. Define your topic/problem/question in a way that renders it researchable (keep time considerations in mind). Avoid topics/problems/questions that are too narrow or too broad. Too broad of questions will not be researchable. Too narrow of questions are boring.
4. Begin to research your question by checking out whether it has been studied, and if so, finding out what others have had to say about it. This is essentially what a lit review is.
5. If need be (and need will likely be), reformulate your question in light of what you find out through your lit review.
6. On the basis of your lit review and some serious critical and creative thinking
SECOND PAPER: DUE 05/06/2016 5 pages
2- United States District Court, S.D New York. (FARREL v. BURKE )No. 97 Civ. 5708 (DAB).(S.D.N.Y. Dec 07,2004)
1.what are the facts ( who, what, where, when, and why)
2. What was the finding or decision of the court.
3- what was the court rational? give me the basis of the finings.
4. you must use sub- titles