ESSAY GUIDELINES

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ESSAY GUIDELINES
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ESSAY GUIDELINES - Deadline

• No papers after April 3, 2006 will be accepted
  other than pursuant to Faculty rules applicable
  to late term work.

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ESSAY GUIDELINES - Style

• 12 18 Pages
• 12point font
• Double Spaced

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ESSAY GUIDELINES - Topic

• Any topic of your choice that may be subject to
  the economic analysis of law
• Please contact Professor Barber if in doubt
• EXAMPLES
• Should there be mandatory retirement?
• What is the most efficient custody arrangement
  for children?
• Should marijuana be legal?
• How should one regulate prostitution?

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ESSAY GUIDELINES - Organization

• The following is the recommended approach
• Introduction
• Model
• Specify what model your using here diagrams
  would be most helpful
• Application of Model to your policy question
• How your conclusion matches or contradicts
• Other Economic Analysis of Law papers on your
  topic
• Other non-economic approaches to your topic
• Conclusion

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ESSAY GUIDELINES - Research

• Your research should include
• Model
• Course material and additional sources with
  models specific to your question
• Diagrams and economic analysis
• Other Research
• Other Economic Analysis of Law papers pertaining
  to the topic available in academic journals or
  books
• Other papers pertaining to the topic available in
  academic journals or books
• Avoid internet, working papers, media,
  unpublished sources unless refer to a specific
  event like an arrest, court session, public
  announcements

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ESSAY GUIDELINES - Originality

• Please refer to the University rules online and
  at the Library - concerning essay writing and
  plagiarism they apply to this paper
• The essay may be subject to submission for
  textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the
  detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers
  will be included as source documents in the
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  purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers.
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