Case Law and Statutory Law behind Self-defense and the use of deadly force

Please use 12 font and one inch margins. Please include page numbers. Please double space. Recommend using topic and sub topic headings to organize your paper.

Please include a reference page at the end of your paper where you list all the references used in your paper.

It is fine for the total paper to be at 10 pages which would include title page, abstract and references. The paper is graduate level cohesive writing where you research and analyze primary legal sources such as case law, statutes and the US Constitution.

Please refer to the rubric attached to this assignment.

Please use Bluebook or APA citation format to list your references. Information on this format can be found in the Resources or at this link
http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/.

Please remember to USE FOOTNOTES!! Footnotes are sequentially numbered starting with 1. No two have the same number even if they refer to the same source.

1. Write an introduction, which clearly identifies the topic of your report and the issues, which you seek to illuminate. The introduction should include the thesis or basis of your report, and a very preliminary overview of the evidence you will use to support it. Finally, the introduction should include a statement that identifies what your paper contributes to our understanding of the law of Homeland Security (in other words, why is the topic of your report important?).

2. The body of your report should be dedicated to support your thesis with claims gleaned from your research (into what others have written on the topic; data that you have gathered), readings from the course text, forums, and/or case law, law review articles. Please cite your references at the end of your paper in full Bluebook format.

3. Conclude your report by recapitulating your thesis and explaining in greater detail the significance of your findings. If you would like, include in your conclusion some questions or claims about the topic and/or specific which you’ve written. If you believe more research needs to be done on your topic, be specific about what kind of research and how you think it ought to be done.