Paper #4
The Due Date of this paper is now no later than class, 12/8/05. If you want to receive it back by the last day of class, Friday 12/9, I will need it by class on 12/6.
The topic(s)have been broadened. First, if you go to one court, rather than two, that will be fine. Second, you can write on a topic of your choosing, which then need not be about a visit to a court.
Potential topics:
1. select one of the earlier paper topics. Class member JW asked about the torture memo, for instance. Sure, do it. Keep in mind, as with all papers I want evidence of engagement of our material, and you might find helpful reading 12.1, US v. Nixon, on constitutional interpretation and executive privilege. Or, see the post below, where classmate JR pointed to a debate in Legal Affairs about executive power.
2. Why is sony legally allowed to install a rootkit. Wired also covers this stuff, as does the EFF or Electronic Frontier Foundation -- when I posted this link, several of the main headlines / stories on the page were about Sony.
3. Electronic Freedom / Privacy more generally can be explored. consider for instance, both legislation -- the development of law -- might serve some people? I am thinking about our post-9/11 computer world, as discussed both by Wired and by a visitor to campus this week. From Truman Today:
He also had something to do with Homeland Security.
4. Critically discuss A Civil Action.
5. Write a critical appraisal of this course: what should a course in Law and the Judicial Process address? How should it be addressed (what types of readings, what types of assignments?). Effectively, an extended course evaluation, or else planning of a future course.
6. Do research on some topic of your choosing, perhaps inspired by earlier readings. There is more recent work than Danelski's on Chief Justices and opinion assignment, for instance. Or, do a little research on Burger and Rehnquist and turn my few powerpoint slides into a paper, assessing those two Chiefs on Danlelski's two types of leadership. You would likely want to look at a few books that discuss their leadership abilities and styles, and use that as yoour evidence. And do not forget JSTOR accessible through Pickler home page -- "Find it --> Articles --> JSTOR."
7. What do you want to do? Run it by me. Make sure that you have a question that is enough to sustain a 5-6 page paper. My mantra is "engage the material:" show use of stuff related to our class.
The topic(s)have been broadened. First, if you go to one court, rather than two, that will be fine. Second, you can write on a topic of your choosing, which then need not be about a visit to a court.
Potential topics:
1. select one of the earlier paper topics. Class member JW asked about the torture memo, for instance. Sure, do it. Keep in mind, as with all papers I want evidence of engagement of our material, and you might find helpful reading 12.1, US v. Nixon, on constitutional interpretation and executive privilege. Or, see the post below, where classmate JR pointed to a debate in Legal Affairs about executive power.
2. Why is sony legally allowed to install a rootkit. Wired also covers this stuff, as does the EFF or Electronic Frontier Foundation -- when I posted this link, several of the main headlines / stories on the page were about Sony.
3. Electronic Freedom / Privacy more generally can be explored. consider for instance, both legislation -- the development of law -- might serve some people? I am thinking about our post-9/11 computer world, as discussed both by Wired and by a visitor to campus this week. From Truman Today:
Bryan Cunningham will present ...seminars entitled “Information Security: From the White House Situation Room to the College Classroom” Nov. 30 as part of a Collegis Leadership Series.
Cunningham will also speak at 6 p.m. in the Student Union Building Alumni Room. Students, faculty, staff and the public are invited.
He will discuss a comprehensive and cost-effective approach to network security for educational and other entities potentially subject to federal law, state information security breach disclosure, and federal and state regulations. He will discuss effective strategies for mitigation of legal risks for executives for breaches of network security.
He also had something to do with Homeland Security.
4. Critically discuss A Civil Action.
5. Write a critical appraisal of this course: what should a course in Law and the Judicial Process address? How should it be addressed (what types of readings, what types of assignments?). Effectively, an extended course evaluation, or else planning of a future course.
6. Do research on some topic of your choosing, perhaps inspired by earlier readings. There is more recent work than Danelski's on Chief Justices and opinion assignment, for instance. Or, do a little research on Burger and Rehnquist and turn my few powerpoint slides into a paper, assessing those two Chiefs on Danlelski's two types of leadership. You would likely want to look at a few books that discuss their leadership abilities and styles, and use that as yoour evidence. And do not forget JSTOR accessible through Pickler home page -- "Find it --> Articles --> JSTOR."
7. What do you want to do? Run it by me. Make sure that you have a question that is enough to sustain a 5-6 page paper. My mantra is "engage the material:" show use of stuff related to our class.
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