TEMPLATE FORASSIGNMENTSFORPOSC4360,SUMMER2018This is a general template for all three assignments for this course. The exact nature of your paper will vary from analysis to analysis based on the content of the book. Thus, do not worry if one part of the template seems to get short shrift in one assignment. Each of the three books provides different lessons about law, courts, and politics.Provide Full Citation1. The main purpose ofthispiece/presentation is (state as accurately as possible theauthor’s purpose for writingthis piece).2. The key question that the author is addressing is (identify the keyquestion in the mind of the author.3. The most importantinformationin this piece is (identify the data/evidence the author is using tosupport her/his conclusions).4. The main inferences/conclusionsin the piece are (identifythe keyconclusions the author comes to and presents in the piece).5. The key concept(s) we need to understand in this piece is (are)…. By these concepts the author means (identify the most importantideasyou would have to understand to understand the author’sline ofreasoning).6. The main assumption{s) underlyingthe author’s thinkingis (are)…(identifywhat the author is taking for granted that might be questioned).7. (a) If we take this line of reasoning seriously, the implicationsare (what consequences are likely to followifpeople take the author’s line of reasoning seriously)? (b) If we fail to take this line of reasoning seriously,theimplicationsare(what consequences are likely to followif people ignore the author’sreasoning)?8. The main point(s) of view presented in this piece is (are)…(what is the author looking at, and how iss/heseeing it)?


