Order Description

description of essay: You are to write an essay which discusses at least one of the legal issues

studied in our course. Your essay must meet all the criteria below.
1. Applies Law 534 principles and concepts. Your essay must relate to one or more of our course

topics and it must apply principles from our course.
2. Uses current Canadian issue(s). Your essay must discuss a current Canadian issue (i.e. a topic

reported in the general media within the last 7 years).

3. Relates to government regulation of business. Your essay must be related to the general theme of

our course – government regulation of business; and
4. Cites a minimum of SIX sources other than the class text book or lectures. Your essay must make

reference to various outside sources such as books and articles (examples: academic journals,

newspapers, magazines or internet articles). YOUR ESSAY MUST CITE AT LEAST SIX SOURCES OTHER THAN

THE CLASS TEXT BOOK OR LECTURES. Citing a source means that the main body of your essay directly

refers to the source to support propositions made (through the use of footnotes – see discussion on

footnotes below). It is not acceptable to simply list a source in your bibliography if the source

was not directly cited within the main body of your essay.

length and format:

• Length requirements. The essay must be between 1500 – 2200 words in length. 1500 words is the

minimum length required in order to be considered for grading. Footnotes are included in the word

count. However, your required bibliography DOES NOT count towards the word count.
• Format. Page format is to be: 8.5” x 11” paper, double spaced, 10-12 point font with 1 inch

borders. The essay must be stapled.
• Footnotes Required. You are to provide citations for all sources in proper footnote format.

Footnote format is required and you may use McGill Guide, MLA or APA styles for the style of your

citations. Your citation cannot simply be a website address or a link to a Ryerson library portal.

There must be sufficient bibliographic information including name of author(s), name of

publication, publication date, etc., in addition to any link you provide.
• Title page must have word count. The title page of the essay must include your name, course name,

instructor’s name and date of submission. It must also include the word count for your essay.

• Bibliography Required. Your essay must also include a bibliography. The bibliography does not

count towards the minimum or maximum word length. Your bibliography must only include sources that

were directly cited in the main body of your essay.

percentage of final grade: This essay is worth 40% of your final grade.

due date:

• You must upload an electronic copy of your essay to the assignment dropbox on our course D2L

website on or before November 18th, 2016 at 11 am. This will also automatically submit your essay

to Turnitin. IN ADDITION to uploading an electronic copy of your essay, you must also submit a hard

copy of your essay as described below.

• A hard copy of your essay must be submitted to the instructor in class or left in the

instructor’s mailbox on November 18th, 2016 by the end of class at 11 am.
• If a hard copy of your essay is not received on time as indicated above, it will be counted as

late – regardless of whether you submitted the electronic copy on time.

• All late essays will result in a mark of ZERO.

Essential nature of this assignment (in a nutshell)

In this assignment, the instructor is evaluating how well the student is able to apply course

principles to a real life situation (examples from newspapers, magazines and scholarly articles)

and support her/his view with some research. The instructor wants to see how well the student

understands the Canadian legal system, particularly government regulation of business, as discussed

in the course. The instructor also wants to see how well the student can apply that understanding

to a chosen legal issue.

CAUTION: It is very important to have a thesis (stated at the beginning of the essay) and to

develop the thesis throughout the paper. A paper that merely summarizes what others have written

with no coherent thesis throughout will likely receive a failing grade.

A good way to frame your thesis for this paper is the following: “My paper will argue that…”

You should not pick an argument that is obvious. You should select one or more strong counter

argument(s) and then rebut those arguments.

The paper is to argue that the lack of government regulation of uber in Canada is beneficial for

public welfare (provide reasons). Opposition: some may argue that lack of regulation has safety

implications for the public.