For this assignment we need only legal perspective on Abortion. See rubric below.

Criteria for Evaluating Final Law Chapter of Research Project

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Poor Average Good Excellent Total Pts.
Hypothesis

2 pts.

Complete Outline for disciplinary chapter
13 pts Hypothesis is missing.

Exposition of major topics fails to maintain focus on research issue. No subchapters indicated. Hypothesis is not clear.

Exposition of major topics maintains focus on research issue. Too few subchapters indicated.
Hypothesis is clearly stated.

Exposition of major topics maintains focus on research issue. Subchapters are indicated. Hypothesis is clearly stated and consistently maintained in chapter.

Exposition of major topics consistently maintains focus on research issue. Subchapters are clearly indicated.

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Overall Cohesiveness of Presentation

10 pts No chapter introduction to legal perspective.
Lack of cohesive exposition of subject. No subheadings in text. Inadequate chapter introduction to legal perspective.
Somewhat cohesive exposition of subject. Too few subheadings in text. Adequate chapter introduction to legal perspective.
Generally cohesive exposition of subject. Adequate use of subheadings in text. Effective, cohesive introduction to legal perspective and exposition of subject. Excellent use of subheadings to delineate chapter sections.
Use of Sources

15 pts Articles and related information not relevant to the topic. Information from sources is used without attribution (footnoting). Few sources are used in footnotes. Articles, chapters of books, other scholarly information used are inadequate. Some sources are used without footnoting. Fewer than 9 different sources are used in footnotes. Scholarly information is relevant to the subject of the investigation but insufficient. Not all sources used are footnoted. Nine different sources are used in footnotes. Scholarly information clearly supports the topics to be investigated and is sufficient. All information obtained from sources is footnoted. At least 9 sources are used in footnotes.

Use of Information to Support Statements (Arguments)
(chapter length 10-12 pages)

10 pts Supporting information not related to argument. Limited information in support of major argument. Some information supports major argument but inadequate. Supporting information clearly supports major argument and is sufficient.
Organization.
Disciplinary Perspective

15 pts Lack of structure and incoherent schema. Disciplinary perspective not clearly articulated/poorly developed. Structure of plan of investigation inadequately developed. Some articulation of disciplinary perspective. Structure of plan of investigation and disciplinary perspective properly defined but requires further development.
Structure of plan of investigation and articulation of disciplinary perspective are coherent and successfully developed according to outline.
Grammar

5 pts
Unacceptable grammatical and sentence structure Many grammatical and usage errors Minor errors in
grammatical structures and/or usage Accurate sentence structure and flawless narrative
Mechanics

5 pts. Unacceptable spelling, punctuation, and/or capitalization Many errors in spelling, punctuation, and/or capitalization Minor errors in spelling, punctuation, and/or capitalization Accurate spelling, punctuation, and capitalization

Unannotated
Bibliography
& Footnotes (minimum 9 sources)

25 pts. Footnoting format is improper. Bibliography does not contain correctly organized and cited primary and secondary sources. Footnoting format contains errors. Bibliography contains some errors in citation of primary and secondary sources. Bibliography requires further organization.
Sources cited in footnotes are missing from bibliography. Footnoting format is correct. Bibliography generally consists of correctly organized and cited primary and secondary sources. Sources cited in footnotes are missing from bibliography. Footnoting format is correct. Bibliographic sources are correctly and consistently organized and cited in groupings of primary and secondary sources. All sources cited in footnotes are included in bibliography.