Letter of the Law

Letter of the Law

Workshop One – 1.2 Discussion

Letter of the Law
Introduction and Alignment

The “law” determines what is legally wrong and what is legally right. Citizens look to the law to provide them with guidance as to what actions are acceptable. In addition, businesses and citizens benefit from a consistent application of the law. This assignment will help you understand key concepts related to creating a consistent and equitable legal system.

Resources

Textbook: Business Law Today
File: Definitions.docx
Instructions

Read Chapters 1 and 3 in Business Law Today.
Download and review the Definitions.docx.
Navigate to the threaded discussion below and respond to the following:
Define stare decisis and discuss why this doctrine has been so fundamental to the development of our legal tradition.
Visit http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html and then continue your discussion on how the Supreme Court justified its departure from precedent in the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision.
Your initial post is due by the end of the fourth day of the workshop.
Read and respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings, as well as all follow-up instructor questions directed to you, by the end of the workshop.
Your postings should also:
Be well developed, providing clear answers with evidence of critical thinking.
Add greater depth to the discussion by introducing new ideas.
Provide clarification to classmates’ questions and provide insight into the discussion.
Assessment Criteria

Criteria

11 – 12 Points

8 – 10 Points

5 – 7 Points

0 – 4 Points

Quality

Your postings are well developed and answers provide clear evidence of critical thinking.

Your questions or observations add greater depth to the discussion by introducing new ideas and incorporating your reading assignment.

Your postings show some development and some critical thinking is evident in your answers.

Your questions and observations add to the discussion by expanding the ideas of others but only incorporated your reading assignment to a limited extent

Your postings show nominal development and only the beginnings of critical thinking.

Your contributions (questions or observations) do not clearly add to the discussion. Your posts also did not incorporate the textbook reading.

Your postings show no development and are mostly a reiteration of what the textbook or others have said.

Your questions and observations detract from the discussion.

Criteria

5 Points

4 Points

3 Points

2 Points

Timeliness

Your initial posting to the question or topic assigned in the workshop activity is made by the fourth day of the workshop.

Your initial posting to the question or topic assigned in the workshop activity is made by the fifth day of the workshop.

Your initial posting to the question or topic assigned in the workshop activity is made by the sixth day of the workshop.

Your initial posting to the question or topic assigned in the workshop activity is made by the seventh day of the workshop.

Criteria

7 – 8 Points

4 – 6 Points

1 – 3 Points

0 Points

Interaction

You respond to a minimum of two other classmates as well as all follow-up instructor questions directed to you.

You are clearly collaborative by taking the initiative to respond to classmates’ questions, providing clarification and insight on issues in the discussion.

You respond to two classmates and some of the instructor follow-up questions directed to you.

You are collaborative in some situations and show some initiative in workshop discussions.

You respond to two classmates but do not respond to instructor follow-up questions directed to you.

You show little initiative in discussions and your presence is not collaborative.

You do not respond to the postings of others in the discussion.

Total Points

25