This exam has been released 2022. This exam is due 2022. The word limit for this exam is 1500 words (+/- 10%). This exam is worth 40% of your overall mark for this subject. This assessment is subject to exam conditions: You must upload your completed exam to the Canvas before the deadline. If you do not submit your exam before the deadline, it will not be marked and will receive a zero grade. You cannot apply for an extension for an exam. However, if you experience adverse circumstances, you may apply for Special Consideration. You cannot contact teaching staff while this exam is in progress. If you have any questions, please read the below instructions carefully and consult the final lecture, which provided substantial advice on how to complete this exam. EXAM INSTRUCTIONS Please write an essay that responds to ONE of the prompts below: 1. What is the relationship between law and society? 2. Law produces the subject 3. Law domesticates difference 4. The nation depends on ongoing harm 5. The limits of Mill’s harm principle become evident when the state is the source of harm 6. Neglect is a form of power 7. Society depends on exclusion 8. Abolition disrupts the knowledge production of the state ASSESSMENT CRITERIA You will be assessed according to the following criteria: Relevance o How well does the essay respond to the prompt? o How directly does the essay identify and engage with the subject’s core topics and themes? Argument and Analysis o How effectively does the essay formulate, substantiate, and advance its central argument? o How sophisticated is the essay’s critical analysis of relevant materials? o How effectively and critically does the essay engage with relevant scholarly literature? Writing and Rhetoric o How effective is the essay’s structure? o How well does the essay deploy the conventions of academic writing? o How precise is the essay’s referencing? RESOURCES AVAILABLE There is a range of resources provided under “Modules,” which you can use to strengthen your essay. In particular, please: Follow the advice provided by the Academic Skills Unit’s Tertiary Essay Writing Guide Consult the SSPS Essay Writing Guide for further guidance and instructions on referencing Use the Academic Skills Unit’s excellent writing resources PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION Before submitting your essay, you must: Indicate the question you are answering by typing the whole question and question number at the top of your work Double-space your work, use >2cm margins, and use a standard 12-point font Make backup versions of your essay in case something goes wrong EXPECTATIONS To perform well on this exam, you are expected to: 1. Use a case study, i.e., topics from weeks 6-11, to address key ideas covered in this subject. In doing so, take care to explain the detail of the case study before you analyse it. 2. Engage with both the required and recommended readings, as well as any supplementary materials we have provided. You will not be able to rely on the lectures and required readings alone. 3. Engage with the materials that are directly relevant to the question you are answering. Each question contains elements that require you to demonstrate your familiarity with key points made in particular readings. You need to read the question and the readings carefully to be able to demonstrate this. Consult the required and recommended readings relevant to each question as well as any of the readings that address the subject’s core themes (e.g., Foucault, Seth, etc.). 4. Each question requires an engagement with the theories we have covered in the subject. If the essay question refers to a particular author, you must draw directly from this work and demonstrate an understanding of the overarching claims made in this work. However, when answering the question, you do not need to be limited to only that author. 5. Demonstrate your familiarity with the subject as a whole. Although the exam questions require you to address topics from Weeks 6-11, we expect you to draw from your knowledge of the entire subject and your engagement with the themes that cut across it. However, you should not discuss case studies or examples addressed in weeks 1-5 (i.e., those topics covered by assessment two). You can discuss concepts or ideas mentioned in these weeks but not the topics themselves. 6. Cite your sources effectively using SSPS Harvard. Consult the Re-Cite guidelines under the library resources tab on the LMS, and please see the SSPS Essay Writing Guide on the LMS for a guide on referencing. 7. Engage primarily with scholarly sources – predominantly those we have given you in the subject guide, lectures. a. You must rely primarily on the research materials and resources used in this subject. This includes all required, further, and bonus readings/viewings, sources used in lectures, and additional resources. This is what you will be mainly assessed on. b. You may supplement your argument by drawing on a limited range of self- directed reading (mainly empirical), but this is not expected. We want you to focus predominantly on the materials we have given you. ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 1. Submission of a hard copy is not required. 2. You do not require a cover sheet for any assessments submitted in the School of Social and Political Sciences. 3. For all questions about word count, please see the policies provided in the subject guide and the SSPS Academic Programs Policy and Procedures document. 4. You are not allowed to cite lectures. However, you may cite a source that has been mentioned in the lectures. 5. All sources mentioned in lectures, the subject guide, and are available through the University library. In addition, almost all are available electronically. Please consult the library’s excellent resources for tips on how to locate sources. 6. There is no set or recommended number of references that we expect or require you to use. Referencing is a technique you use to substantiate your claims. Hence, you need as many (or as few) references as necessary to support your argument.
