What position do you want to take in regard to your chosen law?

topic: IT ACT 2000

This project provides you with the opportunity to increase and demonstrate your understanding of cyberlaw theory and practice. You will need to choose a law(s) that you are interested in researching. The paper must be 6 pages in length detailing the below questions. Before completing the below steps, please make sure that the topic is approved.

Thesis

What law are you researching (You are to choose a specific law. Please do not choose a topic)? What position do you want to take in regard to your chosen law? You will need to decide if you agree or disagree with the current way the law is written. You can choose to like certain aspects of the law and not others.

Background

What is the existing point you want to challenge or support, and how did the law get to be that way (This is where you would need to find cases, background information, etc.)?

Inadequacies

What are the deficiencies in the present way of doing things, or what are the weaknesses in the argument you are attacking?

Adequacies

Discuss the positive aspects of the law?

Proposed Changes

How will we have a better situation, mode of understanding or clarity with what you are advocating? In short, how can the law be improved (or not diminished)? (This is where you have the chance to change the law with your own ideas of how it should be written).

Conclusion

Why should and how can your proposal be adopted?

A detailed implementation plan is NOT expected, but you should provide enough specifics for practical follow-up. In making recommendations, you are expected to draw on theories, concepts and reading.

The Term Paper is due at the end of Week 8. In addition to the 6 pages of the paper itself, you must include a title page and a reference page. You are to follow APA Guidelines for citing and referencing sources. Your paper must be in your own words, representing original work. Paraphrases of others’ work must include attributions to the authors. Limit quotations to an average of no more than 3-5 lines, and use quotations sparingly. It is always better to write the information in your own words than to directly quote.

When writing the term paper you must have a minimum of 5 outside sources cited and referenced.

Term Paper Rubric (100 Points)
Synthesis of Concepts 60
Fulfilled Assignment Requirements 25
Writing Standards – APA Format 15
Timeliness – The term paper will not be accepted after the last day of class
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
Sample APA Formatted Paper.pdf (784 KB)