Topic for Analytical Legal Essay is “Whether police forces and their protocols and procedures require an overhaul in order to more successfully fulfill their role within the Canadian legal system.”

Essay Guide for CLN4U

In this document, you will find the essay assignment with steps, Guides for writing, templates, resources and how to use Chicago Style.

Essay Assignment Information

Law Analytical Essay- Full Assignment

Step 1: Focus and Biblio Template

Step 2: Working Outline Criteria

Step 3: Rough Draft

* See full assignment for final step

Formal Writing Tips and Strategies:

Guide to Integrating Evidence

UofT Writing Centre Handouts

Resources

Database Password: ravens1!

Google Scholar can be a good place to get scholarly articles- unfortunately, you may not be able to access all of them as it is not a school database and they may charge- in that case, keep seeking new sources

Your Local Public Library is also a great place to consult for your topic. You may find articles, books, ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, etc.

Analytical Essay Research and Citation– Ms. Lapenskie’s Slide

Chicagomanualofstyle.org– pro-tip- click ctl F to search the document. For example, if you want to cite a website, click ctl F and type website and it will bring you to the website section. Note: If you are citing a news article- make sure you use the newspaper format not the website format.

Note that:

Google Docs is not citing Chicago properly. Look at the guide and the excerpts below for a better understanding.

Additionally, note that:

The first time you use a source you use the note format.

The second time, you can use the shortened note.

Additionally, there is a different reference for the Bibliography.

Click here for Barrie North’s Citation Guide, found on their website under the Library/Learning Commons tab.

Excerpt from: Chicagomanualofstyle.org

Website content

It is often sufficient simply to describe web pages and other website content in the text (“As of May 1, 2017, Yale’s home page listed . . .”). If a more formal citation is needed, it may be styled like the examples below. For a source that does not list a date of publication or revision, include an access date (as in example note 2).

Notes

1. “Privacy Policy,” Privacy & Terms, Google, last modified April 17, 2017, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

2. “About Yale: Yale Facts,” Yale University, accessed May 1, 2017, https://www.yale.edu/about-yale/yale-facts.

3. Katie Bouman, “How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole,” filmed November 2016 at TEDxBeaconStreet, Brookline, MA, video, 12:51, https://www.ted.com/talks/katie_bouman_what_does_a_black_hole_look_like.

Shortened notes

4. Google, “Privacy Policy.”

5. “Yale Facts.”

6. Bouman, “Black Hole.”

Bibliography entries (in alphabetical order)

Bouman, Katie. “How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole.” Filmed November 2016 at TEDxBeaconStreet, Brookline, MA. Video, 12:51. https://www.ted.com/talks/katie_bouman_what_does_a_black_hole_look_like.

Google. “Privacy Policy.” Privacy & Terms. Last modified April 17, 2017. https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Yale University. “About Yale: Yale Facts.” Accessed May 1, 2017. https://www.yale.edu/about-yale/yale-facts.

For more examples, see 14.205–10 in The Chicago Manual of Style. For multimedia, including live performances, see 14.261–68.

News or magazine article

Articles from newspapers or news sites, magazines, blogs, and the like are cited similarly. Page numbers, if any, can be cited in a note but are omitted from a bibliography entry. If you consulted the article online, include a URL or the name of the database.

Notes

1. Rebecca Mead, “The Prophet of Dystopia,” New Yorker, April 17, 2017, 43.

2. Farhad Manjoo, “Snap Makes a Bet on the Cultural Supremacy of the Camera,” New York Times, March 8, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/technology/snap-makes-a-bet-on-the-cultural-supremacy-of-the-camera.html.

3. Rob Pegoraro, “Apple’s iPhone Is Sleek, Smart and Simple,” Washington Post, July 5, 2007, LexisNexis Academic.

4. Tanya Pai, “The Squishy, Sugary History of Peeps,” Vox, April 11, 2017, http://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/11/15209084/peeps-easter.

Shortened notes

5. Mead, “Dystopia,” 47.

6. Manjoo, “Snap.”

7. Pegoraro, “Apple’s iPhone.”

8. Pai, “History of Peeps.”

Bibliography entries (in alphabetical order)

Manjoo, Farhad. “Snap Makes a Bet on the Cultural Supremacy of the Camera.” New York Times, March 8, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/technology/snap-makes-a-bet-on-the-cultural-supremacy-of-the-camera.html.

Mead, Rebecca. “The Prophet of Dystopia.” New Yorker, April 17, 2017.

Pai, Tanya. “The Squishy, Sugary History of Peeps.” Vox, April 11, 2017. http://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/11/15209084/peeps-easter.

Pegoraro, Rob. “Apple’s iPhone Is Sleek, Smart and Simple.” Washington Post, July 5, 2007. LexisNexis Academic.

Readers’ comments are cited in the text or in a note but omitted from a bibliography.

Note

9. Eduardo B (Los Angeles), March 9, 2017, comment on Manjoo, “Snap.”

For more examples, see 14.188–90 (magazines), 14.191–200 (newspapers), and 14.208 (blogs) in The Chicago Manual of Style.

Bibliography

Correct- I entered following the citation guide:

Chicago Manuel of Style. “Notes and Bibliography: Sample Citations.” Last modified 2017.

https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html#cg-news

Incorrect Done by Google Docs:

References

Generated entry:

n.d. The Chicago Manual of Style. Accessed November 29, 2023. http://chicagomanualofstyle.org.

Manuel entry:

“Notes and Bibliography: Sample Citations.” 2017. Chicago Manuel of Style. https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html#cg-news.

Notes for accessing databases from the Barrie Public Library

• For information on how to use our LawDepot database, we have a short online tutorial – https://my.nicheacademy.com/digitallibraryacademy/course/1923
• If you would like to can access LawDepot database directly, here’s the link (for those with a library card) – https://libbyapp.com/library/barrielibrary/extras/lawdepot/card
• To look at our other online databases, you can start here https://www.barrielibrary.ca/digital-library or narrow down to just the “learn” section here – https://www.barrielibrary.ca/digital-library/learn
• If you are looking specifically for research articles, but broader than just within a law database, you can look here, there are a few to choose from – https://www.barrielibrary.ca/digital-library/research
• For best practices for looking in research databases, we have a short tutorial here – https://my.nicheacademy.com/digitallibraryacademy/course/37639