Word count or equivalent: 1500 words (+/-10%)

Instructions for the students

The aim of this assessment is to assess your awareness of the legal systems and contemporary complex issues in modern societies and application of the law to situations arising in international arena. Through a Position Paper, students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of different types of law as well as the skills of the construction of legal argument.

In order to complete this assessment, students first need to choose a topic depending on your own interest from the list of topics below. Students are free to select topics that are not on a list. However, these should be agreed on with instructor. In your Position Paper, you have to defend your position.

A sample list of a Position Papers topics. In the Position Papers you have to defend your position.

• Society without law would merely produce the sound of one hand clapping.

• Law is an engine for society.

• Can Judges be Impartial in a Deeply Divided Society?

• Is the law making us less free?

• The Law Does not Guarantee Justice.

• Our court system is dysfunctional and must be reformed

• Should Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Be Outlawed?

• Do the Benefits of Medical Marijuana Justify its Legality?

• Should Nuclear Weapons be Outlawed Worldwide?

• Should the United States Put More Restrictions on Gun Ownership and

  Use?

• Does Outlawing Controlled Substances Only Create a Larger Black Market?

• Litigation Has no Business in Future Business