2. Your task is to find three newspaper articles. Each one will be related to a...

  

 

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2. Your task is to find three newspaper articles. Each one will be related to a different source of law or one of the categories of law that we discussed in class and studied in Chapter Two of the textbook (ie. Sources of law such as Constitutional Law, Statute Law, Case Law or categories such as property Law, tort law, criminal law etc. For each of the articles, you will provide a write up that includes the following: a. The headline for your article, along with the date and source b.A short summary of the key details of the article (who, what, where, why, when and how), and c. A definition of the source/category of law that your article applies to and an explanation of how the article relates/connects to the source/category of law that you have chosen You will have 1½-2 class periods to work on this assignment. At the end of tomorrow's period, you will be required to hand in your work for summative evaluation along with this rubric. Assessment: Criteria Knowledge/ Level 1 Student displayed Level 2 Student displayed Level 3 Student displayed Level 4 Student displayed Mark Assigned Criteria Knowledge/ Understanding Summary Relevance of Articles as strong examples of types of law Communication • Spelling Grammar Structure Application of Knowledge and skills Relation of article to course work Thinking and Inquiry researching a new topic outlining specific legal issues Level 1 Student displayed limited knowledge and understanding of facts, terms, concepts, principles, theories and/or relation-ships Written work was completed with limited clarity Prior knowledge and skills were applied to the task with minimal effectiveness Articles chosen with limited relation to source or category Level 2 Student displayed some knowledge and understanding of facts, terms, concepts, principles, theories and/or relationships Written work was completed with some clarity Prior knowledge and skills were applied to the task with moderate effectiveness Articles chosen with some relation to source or category Level 3 Student displayed considerable knowledge and understanding of facts, terms, concepts, principles, theories and/or relationships Written work was completed with considerable clarity Prior knowledge and skills were applied to the task in an effective manner Articles chosen with considerable relation to source or category Level 4 Student displayed thorough knowledge and understanding of facts, terms, concepts, principles, theories and/or relationships Written work was completed with a high degree of clarity Prior knowledge and skills were applied to the task in a highly effective manner Articles chosen with a high degree of relation to source or category Mark Assigned Article One Sources and Categories of Law: In-class Assignment Source: Globe and Mail: Headline: Controversial Ontario Adoption Law Quashed Summary: Two days after it went into effect, Ontario Superior Court Judge Edward Belobaba has struck down a new Ontario statute that allowed the opening of past adoption records. He ruled that the "Adoption Information Disclosure Act" would lead to the violation of privacy rights for birth parents who gave up their children for adoption years ago. Sept 19, 2007 Toronto lawyers Clayton Ruby launched a constitutional challenge to the law on behalf of four Ontario residents – three adoptees and one who gave up a child for adoption. The government is being urged to amend the law to allow people to block access to birth registration if they wish. Analysis: Source: This article touches all three sources of law since it includes a statute passed by the Ontario government and the application of the constitution by a judge who is, then, forming case law through his precedent setting decision to strike down the statute. Category: This article is connected to Substantive Law as it relates to Public Law and its constitutional branch (the judge had to consider the constitutional legality of the new adoption statute) 2. Your task is to find three newspaper articles. Each one will be related to a different source of law or one of the categories of law that we discussed in class and studied in Chapter Two of the textbook (ie. Sources of law such as Constitutional Law, Statute Law, Case Law or categories such as property Law, tort law, criminal law etc. For each of the articles, you will provide a write up that includes the following: a. The headline for your article, along with the date and source b.A short summary of the key details of the article (who, what, where, why, when and how), and c. A definition of the source/category of law that your article applies to and an explanation of how the article relates/connects to the source/category of law that you have chosen You will have 1½-2 class periods to work on this assignment. At the end of tomorrow's period, you will be required to hand in your work for summative evaluation along with this rubric. Assessment: Criteria Knowledge/ Level 1 Student displayed Level 2 Student displayed Level 3 Student displayed Level 4 Student displayed Mark Assigned Criteria Knowledge/ Understanding Summary Relevance of Articles as strong examples of types of law Communication • Spelling Grammar Structure Application of Knowledge and skills Relation of article to course work Thinking and Inquiry researching a new topic outlining specific legal issues Level 1 Student displayed limited knowledge and understanding of facts, terms, concepts, principles, theories and/or relation-ships Written work was completed with limited clarity Prior knowledge and skills were applied to the task with minimal effectiveness Articles chosen with limited relation to source or category Level 2 Student displayed some knowledge and understanding of facts, terms, concepts, principles, theories and/or relationships Written work was completed with some clarity Prior knowledge and skills were applied to the task with moderate effectiveness Articles chosen with some relation to source or category Level 3 Student displayed considerable knowledge and understanding of facts, terms, concepts, principles, theories and/or relationships Written work was completed with considerable clarity Prior knowledge and skills were applied to the task in an effective manner Articles chosen with considerable relation to source or category Level 4 Student displayed thorough knowledge and understanding of facts, terms, concepts, principles, theories and/or relationships Written work was completed with a high degree of clarity Prior knowledge and skills were applied to the task in a highly effective manner Articles chosen with a high degree of relation to source or category Mark Assigned Article One Sources and Categories of Law: In-class Assignment Source: Globe and Mail: Headline: Controversial Ontario Adoption Law Quashed Summary: Two days after it went into effect, Ontario Superior Court Judge Edward Belobaba has struck down a new Ontario statute that allowed the opening of past adoption records. He ruled that the "Adoption Information Disclosure Act" would lead to the violation of privacy rights for birth parents who gave up their children for adoption years ago. Sept 19, 2007 Toronto lawyers Clayton Ruby launched a constitutional challenge to the law on behalf of four Ontario residents – three adoptees and one who gave up a child for adoption. The government is being urged to amend the law to allow people to block access to birth registration if they wish. Analysis: Source: This article touches all three sources of law since it includes a statute passed by the Ontario government and the application of the constitution by a judge who is, then, forming case law through his precedent setting decision to strike down the statute. Category: This article is connected to Substantive Law as it relates to Public Law and its constitutional branch (the judge had to consider the constitutional legality of the new adoption statute)

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