ALESA Wk 4 Annotated Bibliography Template

Guidelines for your annotated bibliographies

i. Summarize the article so that it is clear what the articles topic and argument is
ii. Summarize the sources major finding(s) or conclusion(s)
iii. Evaluate the source for its strengths and weaknesses
iv. End by explaining how the source fits into your essay topic by explaining if the source is useful,
how it might shape your argument, or how it might support or change your position

Source reference:

Make sure you include the following information:

Author (Family name first, then first name initials)

Year of publication

Title of the article

Title of the book, journal, publication, or website

Volume and issue number

Location of publication if its a book

Publisher name

Page numbers (range) of the article

Author : Mary .N /Year of publication : 2016 / Title of the article : Developing Abortion Law / Title of the journal :
Edinburgh Law Review / Volume ,issue : vol20 issue3 / Location 399-404 / Publisher name : Edinburgh University /
Page range : Not clear
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Summary (Guidelines i & ii)

Write a five-sentence long summary that states: a) the problem addressed by the article (the "topic"); b)
the article's method of analysis; c) the article's conclusions and/or recommendations. Remember, if you
record any direct quotes or use paraphrases (not your own words/ideas) be sure to include the page
number where this information came from.

In this article, the author mainly compare Englands abortion law situation and Scottishs one. In both of these areas,
abortion is governed by the 1967 Act as amended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, and basically
abortion remains a prima facie crime since abortion is considered to be equal to induced miscarriage. But
there are many differences between them, and the biggest difference is that Scots criminal laws theoretical
foundation is based primarily on the degree of the wickedness of the accuseds intent, thus while both of them allow
the abortion of non-viable fetuses, in relation to viable fetuses, Scot allows the abortion of late-tern fetuses (if there
is no wickedness) and England allows it only if performed to save the women7s life. And although there is a constant
campaign to complete decriminalization of abortion, there seems no plans for change, and especially in Scottish,
owing to its laws feature, completing the decriminalization requires the overturning of the common law position,
which will generate a lot of procedures. In both of England and Scottish, it seems unlikely that either parliament will
habe time in the near feature to become embroiled in debating abortion and the author thinks that if England allow
the decriminalization it will strongly affect to the situation of Scottish.

Assessment and reflection (Guidelines iii & iv)

Now write a few sentences evaluating the source and assessing its usefulness for your research goals

Although this article is interesting, it doesnt seem useful for my essay because it features the difference
between England and Scottish. Im planning to write my essay by comparing the opinions of pro-choice groups
and those of ban-on-abortion group so the compariong style is quite different.
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