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Research Plan tips

Research Plan tips. Research plan. Address your issue like you did for question 1 of Assignment 4: you are presented with a hypothetical fact pattern and you need to gather all the relevant research necessary for either yourself or someone else to legally analyze the issue.

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Research Plan tips

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  1. Research Plan tips

  2. Research plan • Address your issue like you did for question 1 of Assignment 4: you are presented with a hypothetical fact pattern and you need to gather all the relevant research necessary for either yourself or someone else to legally analyze the issue. • Most important point to remember: This project requires NO LEGAL ANALYSIS

  3. General outline – public • Are there any bilateral and/or multilateral treaties on the subject? • Are there any parts of the UN that regulate this area? • Have there been any international court decisions on your issue? • What do NGOs/IGOs/supranational organizations have to say about your issue? • What applicable foreign laws are there?

  4. General outline – private • Are there any bilateral and/or multilateral treaties on the subject? • Are there any parts of the UN that regulate this area? • Have there been any trade decisions issued in this area? • What do trade organizations and/or other relevant IGOs have to say about this issue? • What are the procedural issues relevant to this issue, and is there any guidance for your particular countries? • What domestic laws are relevant to your issue? • Are there any relevant laws/cases from supranational organizations?

  5. Annotated bibliography • Basically a list of all of the sources you have compiled on your topic. • Note that it doesn’t have to list EVERYTHING ever written on the topic; it is up to you to determine which are the most ESSENTIAL and IMPORTANT sources to include. • Include your reasoning on why you chose to include each source in the annotation. • Some people chose to do this as footnotes, others included it as a separate document

  6. Annotated bibliography examples • GlobaLex, (http://www.nyulawglobal.org/Globalex/) • GlobaLex is an electronic legal publication by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law, which is dedicated to international and foreign law research. The information and articles published by GlobaLex are written by scholars well known in their respective fields (active either in foreign, international, and comparative law research or those focusing on their own domestic law). I was able to find country-specific information, including a broad overview of Uganda’s history, social values and the role of women in society. • Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States §481, cmt. A. (1987). This recognized the state’s jurisdiction in enforcement foreign judgments unless the decision raises questions under the U.S. Const. (i.e. intrusion into foreign affairs of the U.S. or denial of due process)); cf. Id. § 482 (laying out the grounds for non-recognition of foreign judgments); id. § 482(d) (stating a judgment may not be recognized if “the cause of action on which the judgment was based, or the judgment itself, is repugnant to the public policy of the United States or of the State where recognition is sought ”). This was a great resource for foreign relations and from it I was able to ascertain that a foreign judgment could be denied in the U.S. if it is contrary to our First Amendment.

  7. Grading rubric • Total: 30 points • 10 points: good search strategy, process, and methods used (thorough research diary) • Don’t forget to start with secondary sources! • 10 points: comprehensiveness, variety and relevance of sources used • Even if you think there might not be anything in a database on your topic, you should try searching anyways just to be sure • i.e., if you are doing a humanitarian law issue, you might not assume that the WTO has any relevant information when in fact they might as trade law and human rights are often interrelated

  8. Grading rubric cont’d • 5 points: quality of reflection on your process and your ability to think critically about the research you are doing • Remember, the point of this class is to help you feel more confident and effective in your research…this is the only way I have to evaluate whether or not you have achieved this • 5 points: Your presentation to the class and your “Top 5 Resources” handout

  9. Due date • All written projects must be turned in by 2pm on Thursday April 26 • 9 people will be scheduled to present on April 19, and the remaining 8 will present on April 26 • THEREFORE…you need to have your project essentially complete by April 19, as we will be drawing names randomly (in class April 12) for the presentations and you might have to present at this time

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