Prepare a five-page research paper on a selected Texas-related court case that is of interest to you.

Assignment Question

Prepare a five-page research paper on a selected Texas-related court case that is of interest to you (see the Research Paper Topics document for approved court cases).

Here are some guidelines on your Critical Thought/Research Papers:

You must use the APA (American Psychological Association) style to write this paper. This reference is particularly important for quotations and your list of sources. Absolutely no plagiarism will be tolerated in this class. Your critical thought papers must have a cover page indicating the course, instructor, your name, date, and topic. Also, a separate References is required. Each paper should consist of five or more double-spaced fully written pages with one-inch margins (in #12 font size).

Cover pages, abstracts (optional), and reference pages do NOT count toward the total number of pages in this assignment. In this critical thought paper, you must make an argument about either a policy issue position OR a court case (the list of approved policy issues and court cases is located at the bottom of these guidelines). If you are writing about a court case, you should identify and explain the decision of the court, and then provide your own argument about the outcome or impact of the case.

Avoid summarizing the case at length, you are not writing a book report but evaluating the court’s decision (and the impact of that decision). Since this assignment is short, be concise in your analysis (it is advisable to take only one position in a paper of this length).

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