Acrobat Reader File Edit View Sign Window Help (1) X 8 0 7 9 8 Sat 7 Aug 12:54 PM . . . List of Assignments (1) (2) (1).pdf _LOW BATTERY 48m ago Home Tools List of Assignmen... x Your Mac will sleep soon unless plugged into a power outlet. A 1 1/3 JIM + 100% - US Search 'Draw Shape' Business Law 301 - LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS Export PDF ASSIGNMENT #1 WATCH A SUPREME COURT OF CANADA CASE (15%) Edit PDF DUE DATE: Prior to the start of the class, as provided in the Course Schedule Create PDF 1. Watch a Supreme Court of Canada (link provided in Moodle) Cases in which you are or have been personally involved do not qualify. The case Comment brief must be based on what you saw and heard. You may not copy from a written judgment. Combine Files Part A: Prepare a written case brief (approximately one page in length for this section) Organize Pages The case brief should include the following information: Compress PDF Single-spaced: Redact Name of the Parties, Protect Double-spaced: Summary of Facts (do not write everything said by the parties) Lu Fill & Sign Appellant's Argument Respondent's Argument Decision and Reasons for Decision (if available) LaSend for Comments Use headings/sub-headings to organize these sections. It is incorrect to write More Tools everything you heard in the order you heard it. For verification purposes, the failure to provide the place of trial and courtroom number may result in a mark of zero. If the court's decision is reserved or the hearing is adjourned to a future date, you need not return, provided you saw evidence being given. The case that you view must be one where oral evidence is presented by a witness or by the parties. Hearings where lawyers simply make submissions, such as a sentencing hearing (where only the punishment is decided), or a chambers application, are Convert, edit and e-sign PDF not sufficient. forms & agreements Free 7-Day Trial Part B: Write a short essay (approximately 1 page in length for this section) AUG 11 7 tv W older 2 JPGHome Tools List otAssignmsn... x .QEQ lst of Asslgnments (1) (2) (1).pdf 213lk@9'00%'"? 549229 Write a short essay (approximately 1 page in length for this section) discussing your impressions of the court proceedings you have seen. The following are topic suggestions (you are not obligated to answer each of these questions): Discuss what part of the process you thought was effective and what was not. Comment on the appropriateness of the proceedings, the role of the judge, the lawyers if any, and the litigants. How could the process be improved? If you answer each of these questions, in order, it will be a boring assignment, showing little drought/consideration, and marked accordingly. You must provide personal opinion and analysis in your essay. You are expected to do the assignment alone. Any collaboration will result in a \"0\" grade and a report to the Dean's Office for cheating or plagiarism. Assignments must be uploaded to Moodle, in PDF format (documents in Word format will not be graded and marks will be deducted if I need to send an email asking you to submit this properly), The answer should be typewritten in Times Roman 12-inch font with a 1-inch mar in and be double- aeed exc ts eeied onions . You must create a cover page containing your name, student number and course section numberl The assignment is due as soon as class begins or it is late and marks will be deducted, Failure to follow these instructions, or any others given in the classroom, will lead to marks being deducted. Late submissions will be accepted within one week of the due date, but additional marks will be deducted, the amount ofwhich will be at the instructor's discretion The sooner you hand it in the less marks will be taken off. _ Low BATTERY 45m ago Your Mac wlll sleep soon unless plugged Into a power outlet. v.v_v Search 'Dvaw Shape' I200 Export PDF v :12 Edit PDF I22, Create PDF v a Comment By Combine Files El] Organize Pages >3 Compress PDF i. Redact 0 Protect a, Fill&Sign I}; Send for Comments 4', More Tools Convem edit and a-sign PDF forms a agreements Free 7-Day Trial Acrobat Reader File Edit View Sign Window Help (1)) X 8 . 9 8 Sat 7 Aug 12:56 PM . . . Court Assessment Sample Document How to (1).pdf LOW BATTERY 50m ago Home Tools List of Assignmen... Court Assessmen... X Your Mac will sleep soon unless plugged into a power outlet. A 1 / 3 50% Y US Court Assignment Part A The Hearing Search 'Draw Shape' Name of Parties: R v. Smith Place of Trial: Richmond Provincial Court Date of Trial: January 1, 2014 Courtroom : 214 Export PDF Judge: Was not given Level of Court: B.C. Supreme Court Summary of Facts [Good example] Edit PDF In February of 2012 Mr. Smith allegedly beat up his wife. He had been Create PDF drinking all evening at the bar. When he came home that night his wife complained about how often he drank. He got angry and shoved her against a wall. When she Comment continued arguing, he punched her. The neighbours heard the commotion and called the police. Combine Files The police reported that .. Organize Pages Bad example] Compress PDF Mrs. Smith says that her husband was drunk all the time. Then she says that he came home drunk and does so all the time and is mean to her, so she does not like this, she should leave him. After she says she is scarred so she tries to go to the Redact bathroom to escape. Then Mr. Smith follows her in the bathroom. He yells "You bitch" and then he shoves her. She tries to, you know, get the hell out of there but he Protect hits her hard. Lu Fill & Sign LaSend for Comments More Tools Defendant's Argument [Good example] Mr. Smith argued that it was Mrs. Smith who started the fight. He claimed that when he arrived home she started yelling at him and was the one who first became physical. She pushed him repeatedly before he pushed back in defence. He did not deny that he hit his wife, but t hat it was only a last resort after she had hit him numerous times. He also stated that he never actually punched her, but only pushed her against the wall one time. Convert, edit and e-sign PDF forms & agreements The defendant is providing a reason why they are not guilty of the crime [or why they deserve to win the case]. You need to listen and figure out what they need to prove or disprove and what information they are providing in support of this. 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However, prior to the hearing they were outside the courtroom talking about their vacations. Furthermore, the judge Protect actually made a couple of jokes in the courtroom, apparently to make people more comfortable. I noticed how beneficial it was for a party to hire a lawyer. In another Lu Fill & Sign hearing the defendant was representing himself and spent most of the time arguing with the judge. He did not ask very good questions and did an ineffective job LaSend for Comments [Poor example] More Tools Begins with "When I entered the courtroom." Do not describe, you need to analyze and criticize Too colloquial (use a business tone, not a texting tone) -Repeat facts etc. from Part A Shows very little thought or consideration (this is a short opinion essay, you should show some depth of thought about the process and your experience) Writing Modifier some of the things that will affect your writing grade: -Formatting (such as proper margins, page numbering, not trying to make it seem hat you wrote more than you did, proper font and size) Length (each part should be two pages, within a sentence or two) Spelling - you must proofread, not use Spellcheck. If it is clear to me that you did not proofread at all, it will seriously impact your grade. For example, there is an Convert, edit and e-sign PDF obvious mistake that you did not catch. 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