How will the essay be assessed?

Introduction:

This should provide an abstract/summary of all the issues you wish to discuss in the body of the essay.

This is your roadmap to the essay. It tells the examiner where you are going and how you plan to get there.

Body of essay:

Discuss one after the other the issues you have already identified in the introduction.

You should divide the body of the essay in sub sections as you deem appropriate.

Conclusion

This should be a summary of the issues you have discussed in the body of the essay.

An essay without a conclusion is like an unfinished painting.

Support your discussion with:

Academic authorities – i.e. textbooks,articles, etc. (suggested 4 references)

Academic discipline

Writing a good essay involves knowing what to include and what to leave.

All sources quote/cite must be acknowledged and fully referenced.

Analysis and evaluation:

How much you know and understand the subject matter.

How you have applied legal, academic and judicial sources.

How you structured and presented the essay.

A Judgment as to the overall value of the final outcome, and its relative welfare gains when compared to alternative outcomes that might have been reached.