Sources of Obligations-1

Assignment Topic
Issued: Week 1
Due: Week 6

“Features of the variation between the offer and the invitation to treat”

Submission

- You should follow the assignment format that is available on the Blackboard.
- The size of this document must not exceed 2000 words excluding footnotes and
bibliography.

Guidance

A) Students are advised to observe the following points in drafting their assignments

1. Clear introduction
2. Logical progression of ideas
3. Smooth transition throughout essay leading to a well-developed argument
4. Thoroughness of analysis
5. Required quaulity of research demonstrated
6. List of references provided at the end of the assignment.
7. Persuasive conclusion
8. Accurate use of reference style
9. Relevant use of quotes to support the argument
10. Word count

B) Writing instructions:
1. Introduction:
• This should provide a summary of all the issues you wish to discuss in
the body of the essay.
• This is your roadmap to the essay. It tells the examiner where you are
going and how you plan to get there.

2. Body of essay:
• Discuss all issues you have already identified in the introduction.
• You should divide the body of the essay into sub-sections as you deem
appropriate.

3. Conclusion:
• This should be a summary of the conclusions on issues you have
discussed in the body of the essay.
4. Support your discussion with:
• Academic authorities – i.e. textbooks, articles, cases, etc. (Suggested 7-
10 references)

5. Academic discipline:
• Writing a good essay involves knowing what to include and what to
leave.
• All sources quote/cite must be acknowledged and fully referenced.
• Plagiarism/copying other people’s work will be detected and punished
with a zero, and possibly referred to the Unfair Means Committee.

6. Analysis and evaluation:

• How you have analysed and evaluated the subject-matter of the essay.
• How you have applied legal, academic and judicial sources.
• How you structured and presented the essay.
• A judgment as to the overall value of the final outcome, and its relative
welfare gains when compared to alternative outcomes that might have
been reached.