INTERNATIONAL LAW FINAL TAKE-HOME EVALUATION

 

Submission: You need to hand in this evaluation personally on March 31, 2009 at 1.00 pm IN CLASS, followed by an email to me. Early submission: If you hand in this evaluation personally IN CLASS on March 19, 2009 at 1.00 pm followed by an email, you will earn 4 bonus points. If you hand it in on March 24, 2009 at 1.00 pm IN CLASS, followed by an email, you will earn one bonus point in this evaluation. Please sign the submission sheet so that there will be no problem with the bonus points.

There are no other submission dates or places. For further clarification, this evaluation may NOT be returned only by email, left in my mailbox, office, or given to the faculty secretaries. If this evaluation is not submitted as required, it will NOT be marked.

Please note that I will not be able to grant extensions. The maximum page limit is 8 double-spaced pages for the whole test. In all answers, you need to examine each topic in light of the theoretical framework discussed throughout the course, and use the required readings, class activities, and class discussions as examples to support your answers.

 

Evaluation criteria: The criteria are formulated in the form of questions. A positive response must be given to the following questions in order to obtain full credit for each answer. The value of the evaluation criteria is as stated after each question. The total value for questions 1 and 3 is 10 points each and 5 points for question 2.

  1. Did you answer the question comprehensively? Are all relevant problems discussed? Was the answer readable and well organized? Did you make connections between issues discussed in your answer? Did your answer show an understanding of the topic dealt with? Value of this criterion: 2.25 points for questions 1 and 3, and 1.5 points for question 2.
  2. Did your answer discuss problems by reference to theoretical issues learned during the course? Did your answer show an understanding of appropriate readings? Did your answer make reference to and elaborate upon the required readings? Value of this criterion: 2.25 points for questions 1 and 3, and 1 point for question 2.
  3. Did your answer show an understanding of the discussions and issues arisen in class? Did your answer make reference to and elaborate upon class discussions and activities? Value of this criterion: 2.25 points for questions 1 and 3, and 1 point for question 2.
  4. Is there a critical personal assessment of the topic discussed? Does the personal assessment show some originality? Value of this criterion: 2.25 points for questions 1 and 3, and 1 point for question 2.
  5. Did your answer show an exceptional analysis of the topic discussed? Value of this criterion: 1 point for questions 1 and 3, and 0.5 point for question 2.
  1. Analyze the scene about the international contract shown in class. Examine all aspects of Private International Law that apply to the breach of contract.

 

  1. Choose one of the learning outcomes for this course from the course syllabus. Show me how well you have achieved this learning outcome. You are free to choose the type and format of evidence you want in order to prove your learning and its quality. For example, you may include evidence of your best work, you may write a reflective journal entry, analyze a legal problem, or write a case and offer a solution. You may, of course, use any combination of these possibilities, or even something else. But remember, I will not be assessing the selected work itself, or paper, or journal, or whatever else you may want to supply. What I will be looking at is whether and how well you have achieved –and can perform with respect to- the selected learning outcome. The only limitation is that the selected evidence must be included on the sheet of paper you submit and must be submitted by email together with the answers to all other questions.

 

  1. Analyze the following scenario.  If you need to conduct research of a foreign legal source, please explain the steps you take.

 

 

Pierre and Paul, two Canadian male teachers aged 35 and 40 respectively, travel to Bermuda to teach French. There, Pierre engages in consensual unpaid sex with one of his female students aged 17.

Paul has sex with a 25-year old prostitute and then kills her. Pierre witnesses the killing.

Then they both return to Canada.

 

Please analyze this scenario and discuss these questions. Do not answer simply yes or no.

 

Did Pierre commit a crime under Canadian law? If so, what crime?

Did Pierre commit a crime under Bermuda law? If so, what crime? What is the sanction for this crime?

Did Paul commit a crime under Bermuda law? If so, what crime? What is the sanction for this crime?

Can Paul be extradited to Bermuda for the murder? Why? Why not?

Can Pierre be extradited to Bermuda to testify as a witness? Why? Why not?