LAWS 2908 Lecture 8: Week 8 (MArch 2) LAWS 2908
3 Mar 2017
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Identify roles of secondary sources: apply preliminary screens, components of an effective argument & identifying potential strengths and weaknesses of evidence. Intro to secondary sources: why bother with secondary sources, how to use them, how does it help us advance, there to help support primary sources (statutes, bills, cases) Justify worth: do not make arguments with what someone has said and summarize it. Justify and how your argument fits in with it. Anonymous to avoid issue of favoritism (authors do not know the reviewers and vice versa: means that = slightly more authoritative. Student run - not sent to outside academics, process not as thorough (not peer review process) If do not know, go to journal website and check on review process: view the quality of what it published, advocacy vs academics. If using from advocacy group - need to know what their view point is (political agenda: offering quotes and interviews etc.
