Assignment: Research Paper Outline
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assignment_2a_research_paper_topic_1.docAssignment 2A: Research Paper Topic
The first step in developing your research paper is to identify your topic. The topic should be one in which you are interested in learning more about, and it must be a topic covered by the assigned readings of this course. Your topic should be specific, but you also need to ensure sufficient data and research exists to allow you to meet word count requirements. You can do this by conducting a quick search of the University’s library or the internet to get a sense of available academic resources. Remember, all references must be academic in nature. Wikipedia, blogs, and similar sources are not acceptable.
Provide the following information about your topic:
1. What is the topic of your research paper?
ANSWER: The History of Courts and the Justice System
2. In which chapter of the text is the topic discussed?
ANSWER: The topic is discussed in chapter 4.
3. What type of paper are you writing? (Use types from “Essay Development: Guidelines for Writing Academic Papers.”)
ANSWER: I am writing an analysis type of paper.
4. Why did you choose this topic?
ANSWER: I settled for this paper because I find it interesting how everyday courts make rulings on complicated matters through the use of evidence and statements from witnesses. The line between what is good and what is bad is very thin and I would like to find out what were foundations of the court system that led to the justice system to be the way it is today. And the best way to understand how the justice system came into being is by analyzing the history of the court system.
5. What aspects of this topic do you intend to discuss?
ANSWER: I will discuss the history of the courts, how the justice system is structured and what major building blocks defined our current justice system. Documents such as the Magna Charta will feature prominently in my discussion and forms of trial used in ancient times in the justice system. I will give a chronological development of the justice system from the ancient times to date.
6. Based on your preliminary research, are you confident you can find sufficient academic data and resources to complete your paper?
ANSWER: Yes I am confident that I will find sufficient academic data and resources to complete this paper.
7. Do you understand that the instructor must approve your topic, and that you cannot change topics once approved?
ANSWER: Yes I understand that the instructor has to approve my topic and that I cannot change my topic once approved.
