This document contains the questions and my answers to the midterm exam of the course introduction to global law II where I received a grade of 8. Use this document as a study resource for practice exam questions
Midterm Assignment: Introduction to Global Law II – Spring 2020
Purpose
In this midterm assignment, you will put to practice the theory and method of comparative legal
analysis that were discussed in the first half of the course. In particular, you will apply this theory
and method to materials related to tobacco regulation. The purpose of the assignment is for you
to practice the process of comparative analysis, including the collection and analysis of materials
from multiple jurisdictions, and the comparison of similarities and differences as to how various
jurisdictions regulate a particular socioeconomic activity (i.e. consuming tobacco products), and
how judges use comparative methods in their decision-making.
Part I (maximum 700 words, excluding footnotes)
Required primary legal materials:
• Passive smoking legislation from Ontario, the United Kingdom, and Ireland (classes 1-2);
• South Africa’s Tobacco Products Control Act 83 of 1993 and Notice Relating to Smoking
of Tobacco Products in Public Places (No. R. 975).
The first part of the midterm assignment requires you to compare a number of countries’ rules
related to passive smoking prohibitions and to complete the following tasks:
A. Formulate a question about a functional problem related to passive smoking that is
addressed in the legislative materials listed above, and explain briefly why it is a good
question for initiating a functionalist comparison.
B. Compare the legislative materials from Ontario, the United Kingdom, Ireland and South
Africa to identify how each country’s legal system resolves the functional problem you
posed in part A. In so far that it is possible, group legal systems together when they resolve
the functional problem in a roughly similar manner.
C. Identify what additional materials and/or steps of analysis you would wish to take in order
to provide a more accurate depiction of how each of these national legal systems resolve
the functional problem you pose in part A.
D. Often times, the enforcement of a passive smoking ban requires the government to gain
the support or assistance of public agency officials or private individuals who hold
leadership positions for the places covered by the passive smoking ban (e.g. the director
of a university, or the manager of a company). Using your knowledge of the ‘benign big
gun’ and enforcement pyramid, which of the countries’ enforcement and sanction
provisions in the legislative materials listed above offer the best enforcement pyramids
with respect to individuals in leadership positions of spaces where passive smoking is
prohibited? Explain your answer.
Part II (maximum 700 words, excluding footnotes)
Required primary legal materials:
• Plain packaging legislation from the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand (class
5);
, • South Africa’s draft Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill,
2018.
• WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (Part III – Measures relating to the
reduction of demand for tobacco)
The second part of the midterm assignment requires you to compare plain packaging legislation
from four different legal systems and to complete the following tasks:
A. In 2018, a group of South African legislators attempted to pass plain packaging legislation.
Although they were unsuccessful – the bill was not voted on by the National Assembly –
we can use it as a starting point for understanding how they sought to reform packaging
rules for tobacco products. To what extent does South Africa’s draft legislation reflect
plain packaging rules in the other three countries?
B. Why would legislators in South Africa look to the plain packaging in the other three
countries as potential transplants for their own plain packaging legislation? In your
answer, discuss the reasons for both importers and exporters to engage in legal
transplants.
C. Based on your understanding of legal transplants and socio-legal comparisons, what
considerations should the South African National Assembly take into consideration in
determining whether Australia offers a ‘good’ source of a legal transplant pertaining to
tobacco packaging?
D. Do the plain packaging materials from these four legal systems illustrate a pattern of
convergence or divergence? In your answer, explain both concepts and consider the
influence of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control.
Assessment
The assessment of your midterm assignment will evaluate the following: how well you
understand and apply the theory and method of comparative law (as presented in the course
materials), and how well you understand and thoroughly engage with the primary legal materials
in your analyses. The word counts noted above are hard maximums; do not go over them. You
do not need to include your footnotes in your word counts.
Note that the midterm assignment is an individual assessment. By rule, I always encourage group
learning. You are welcome to discuss, debate, inquire and disagree with each other. However,
the drafting of your answers must be completed independently. Any instances of shared answers
will be treated as plagiarism and reported to the Examination Board of TLS.
Please submit your assignments electronically through Canvas by 17:00 on Wednesday 18 March
2020.
*** I suggest that you use the OSCOLA referencing style for the assignment. If you prefer to use
a different referencing style, that is fine so long as you are thorough and consistent with your
references. Provide pinpoint references to relevant sections or articles of legislation where
appropriate.***
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