FIT Business Law Paper

The topic is Airports.

Use proper documentation and bibliography techniques (minimum of four different references; only one of these from the Internet). The American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines must be used. Attach a copy of any source less than three pages. (Note: Internet sources are informational references other than references you found by searching the Internet.)

Topic assignments for the paper will be chosen during the second week of class. The instructor can assist you in choosing and narrowing your topic. Once assignments have been made, it is your responsibility to manage the research and document production. However, the instructor is always available to answer questions. The paper must have a title. The relevant legal aspects of the topic must be addressed in the paper. Legal aspects encompass casebooks, statutes, agency rules, court cases, legal articles, legal treatises, etc.

Your opinion/assessment of the issues in the paper must be expressed

The research paper will be graded upon the whole body of work

Please proofread and check your paper for proper grammar.

You are expected to write primarily in your own voice, using paraphrase, summary, and synthesis techniques when integrating information from class and outside sources. Use an author’s exact words only when the language is especially vivid, unique, or needed for technical accuracy. Failure to do so may result in charges of Academic Dishonesty.

Overusing an author’s exact words, such as including block quotations to meet word counts, may lead your readers to conclude that you lack appropriate comprehension of the subject matter or that you are neither an original thinker nor a skillful writer.

Aviation Law Paper Checklist
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Choose aviation/aerospace law topic of interest (by week two)
____Topic selected
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Review syllabus and grading rubric instructions (consult periodically during writing process)
____Syllabus and grading rubric reviewed
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Begin research: use references to become knowledgeable on topic
____Started research on _________and began compiling references list and content
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Narrow focus of topic: Develop thesis and ideas on current legal aspects of topic; use strategies to
develop ideas, e.g., who, what, why, how; capture key issues and supportive evidence
Consider a working title for your paper that reflects the thesis or purpose statement of the paper
What does the research/sources reveal about the issues, problems, controversies?
Outline your paper based on your understanding of the issues
Start writing. Use your outline and references (edit and polish after getting a good draft)
Read your draft to assess the following:
___ What you learned about the legal aspects of the topic and issues are set forth in the paper
___ Your opening paragraph introduces your topic and sets out your thesis or purpose of your
paper
___ The body paragraphs in the body of the paper support the thesis of your paper and the point
of each paragraph is explained or illustrated using your quotes, references, examples
___ Did you express your personal viewpoint about the issues?
___ Does the concluding paragraph restate your thesis or purpose and is it supported by the
discussion in the paper?
___ Did you use your references effectively to support your opinions /arguments?
___ Are your references properly cited (APA format) in the body of your paper and in the
citation/reference list?