Blog

Compare and contrast Common Law systems with Civil Law systems.  Use specific examples to illustrate your points. This question is worth 50 points or 1/3 of your grade.  So please treat this with the seriousness it deserves. Allocate your time so that 1/3 of it is spent on this single question. Do not write an introductory paragraph or a lengthy conclusion.  State your thesis in the very first sentence.  Wrap up your essay in one sentence — your last one.  The rest should be spent on the meat of the essay. I expect 4 well written paragraphs  here.  An “A” answer will be thorough and give specific examples to illustrate your main points. Good luck  

Fully describe Kagan’s typology of legal systems. Use a concrete example of a criminal offense to illustrate each of them.  This question is worth 50 points or 1/3 of your grade.  So please treat this with the seriousness it deserves. Allocate your time so that 1/3 of it is spent on this single question. Do not write an introductory paragraph or a lengthy conclusion.  State your thesis in the very first sentence.  Wrap up your essay in one sentence — your last one.  The rest should be spent on the meat of the essay. I expect 4 well written paragraphs  here.  An “A” answer will be thorough and give specific examples to illustrate your main points. Good luck

Hester is holding this when she appears before the crowd; it is a symbol that will appear throughout the book.

This is what is growing outside the prison door; it is one of many symbols to appear in The Scarlet Letter.

What “tribe” tends to vote for Shas or United Torah Judaism?

How was modernity disruptive of Jewish life and tradition? (hint: think about authority) (2-3 sentences)

Please describe the four tribes of Israeli society as described by former Israeli President Ruvi Rivlin. Your answer should bold the name of each tribe, with a 1-2 sentence description of the tribe. Each description is worth 2 points. 

Who cannot vote in Israeli elections?

Looking again at the spectrum shown in the previous question, in the wavenumber range of 600-700/cm, what temperature would a blackbody have to be to emit the same energy as seen for that wavelength range? Choose the best answer without any formula or calculation, simply by using the information shown in the graph of the spectrum.

What sets the skin temperature of a planet?