Bus Law Unit 3

Help completing assignment for week 

Due Date: 11:59 p.m. EST, Sunday of Unit 3
Points: 100

Overview:

This assignment requires you to complete the assigned reading and answer questions
based on what you have learned.

Instructions:

• Fill in the attached template.
• Answer each of the following 5 questions in a short answer essay format. Be

sure to use examples to support your analysis.
o What are the purposes of our criminal justice system? In your opinion, is one

goal more important than another?
o Can a criminal defendant be prosecuted twice for the same act?
o Define each of the following: white collar crime, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and

RICO.
o What is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?
o What is a whistleblower? What conflicting ethical duties might a whistleblower

encounter?

Requirements:

• Use APA format for non-legal sources such as the textbook. Use Bluebook
citation format for any legal citations.

• Submit a Word document using the template.
• Maximum two pages in length, excluding the Reference page.

Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before
you write and again after you write.

LAW204 – Business Law I

Criminal Law

Evaluation Rubric for Criminal Law Assignment

CRITERIA Deficient Needs
Improvement

Proficient Exemplary

0 – 44 Points 45 – 59 Points 60 – 74
Points

75 Points

Analysis Does not
concisely and
clearly
answers the
questions.

Somewhat
concisely and
clearly answers
the questions.

Mostly
concisely,
succinctly,
and clearly
answers the
questions.

Concisely,
succinctly, and
clearly answers
the questions.

0 – 5 points 6 – 7 points 8 – 9 points 10 points
Paper Length More than 2

pages

n/a n/a 2 pages or less

0 – 8 points 9 – 11 points 12 – 14
points

15 points

Clear and
Professional
Writing and
APA/Bluebook
Format

Errors impede
professional
presentation;
guidelines not
followed.

Significant errors
that do not
impede
professional
presentation.

Few errors
that do not
impede
professional
presentation.

Writing and
format are
clear,
professional,
APA/Bluebook
compliant, and
error free.

Overview:
Instructions:
Requirements:
Evaluation Rubric for Criminal Law Assignment

Unit 3 Assignment Template

LAW204 – Business Law I

What are the purposes of our criminal justice system? In your opinion, is one goal more important than another?

Can a criminal defendant be prosecuted twice for the same act?

Define each of the following: white collar crime, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and RICO.

What is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?

What is a whistleblower? What conflicting ethical duties might a whistleblower encounter?

References