Instructions:

Find a recent article (or articles) from scholarly, academic, professional, or news sources (including online sources) on a current and controversial subject matter that deals with legal issues and principles addressed in your Business Law I course and/or in the legal materials in your business law textbook.

Read the article carefully, consult your textbook for the legal principles, and prepare the following Article Review:

I. Introduction

• State purposes of review, title and source of article

• State why you choose this article, its relationship to the course legal material, and the significance of the subject matter

II. Article Summary

• Briefly summarize the article

• State the key "operative" facts, that is, those facts that are necessary for making legal determinations

III. Legal Issues and Principles

• State the relevant legal issues involved in the controversy (the "issues" are the legal questions that the courts or other government tribunals will decide)

• State the pertinent legal principles that apply to the subject matter

IV. Application of Legal Principles to Controversy

• Apply the legal principles to the controversy, make and state your legal conclusion, and explain your reasoning (making reference to key facts and legal principles)

• If a legal decision has already been made by a court or other government tribunal, state whether based on the law you agree or disagree with the legal conclusion; and then explain your determination, and demonstrate your legal rationales and reasoning

V. Recommendation

• State what you believe to be a just (that is, legal as well as moral and socially responsible) resolution to this controversy, and explain your justification

VI. Conclusion

• Restate your major conclusions and recommendations briefly
• Make any predictions that you deem appropriate

VII. Discussion Questions

• State at least two or three discussion questions based on the article that are appropriate for class discussion

VIII. Bibliography

Additional Instructions: The length of the article review should be approximately 5-10 pages (longer if you so desire), double-spaced, and in word processing format. Make sure your article review includes the official Huizenga School cover page with the author certification statement. Research (beyond the article and your textbook) is not required; however, additional research is permissible; but if you do use additional research make sure you have the materials included in the Bibliography section to the article review. Make sure you cite all your sources and cite and quote according to the APA style. The article review is due the last day of class; but early submissions are acceptable. The article is to be uploaded on the Written Assignment link on the Course Menu on Blackboard. The article review counts for 30% of your grade.