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Business Law One – Research Paper Final Submission for Canvas (100 points)

Part 3: Final Submission (100 points)

In Module Seven, the final submission of the research paper is due.

The body of the paper must be between 6-7 full pages. Additionally, the paper will include a cover page and a reference page. It shall comport with APA 7th edition writing style and formatting guidelines; an abstract will not be required.

The Final submission must have at least ten scholarly sources cited in-text and included on the reference page.

The final submission will further develop the persuasive analysis demonstrated in the Draft.

This assignment will be submitted in TWO places – Canvas for course grading and Chalk & Wire for university accreditation.

I will also attach the previous drafts for reference. I will also upload a document containing my professor’s feedback on the previous draft for your reference. He wants a reference to the course textbook, so I will provide a document with quotes related to the paper’s topic for you to use at your discretion. Additionally, I have attached screenshots of the reubric itself.

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This should be a research project. The research question is, How is climate change impacting immigration legal practices of South Pacific Island nations? This project is divided into 3 parts, my part is how climate change and sea-level rise may force South Pacific nations like Tuvalu and Kiribati to lose habitable territory, which challenges the traditional statehood rules in the Montevideo Convention and raises the possibility of deterritorialized or digitally governed statesshowing how climate displacement could shift sovereignty and immigration issues from national control into the domain of global law. The countries I want to use as examples are Tuvalu and Micronesia.

Outline:

1. Introduction: Climate Change and Statehood

• Climate change is threatening low-lying island states in the Pacific.
• Rising sea levels and environmental damage are forcing populations to consider migration.
• This raises a major legal question:

What happens to sovereignty and immigration law if a state’s territory becomes uninhabitable?

Examples:

• Tuvalu
• Federated States of Micronesia

2. Traditional State Sovereignty

Explain the traditional rule.

According to the Montevideo Convention, a state must have:

• Defined territory
• Permanent population
• Government
• Ability to interact with other states

Problem:

Climate change threatens the territorial foundation of statehood.

3. Case Study 1: Tuvalu

Key facts:

• One of the lowest-lying countries in the world.
• Much of the country is only about 2 meters above sea level.
• Flooding and saltwater intrusion are already affecting land and agriculture.

Legal implications:

• Risk of permanent displacement.
• Raises the question of whether a state can exist without habitable territory.
• Tuvalu has even proposed creating a digital version of the nation to preserve sovereignty.

4. Case Study 2: Federated States of Micronesia

Key facts:

• Consists of over 600 islands spread across the Pacific.
• Many communities face:
• coastal erosion
• stronger storms
• flooding

Important legal factor:

• Under the Compact of Free Association, Micronesian citizens can live and work in the United States.

Immigration implication:

Climate change may increase migration through existing legal agreements, showing how environmental change affects immigration systems.

5. Immigration and Climate Displacement

Key issue:

People displaced by climate change are not recognized as refugees under the

1951 Refugee Convention.

This creates:

• legal gaps in protection
• uncertainty for migrants
• pressure on immigration policies

These people are often called climate migrants.

6. The Future of Sovereignty

Climate change may force international law to rethink sovereignty.

Possible developments:

• deterritorialized states (states without territory)
• digital governance systems
• international relocation agreements

This shows how climate change pushes sovereignty and immigration into the realm of global law.

7. Conclusion

• Climate change threatens the territorial basis of Pacific island states.
• Tuvalu shows the extreme risk of territorial loss.
• Micronesia demonstrates how environmental change influences migration patterns.
• Current international law does not fully address climate displacement.
• This makes climate migration and sovereignty a growing global legal challenge.

You only need to complete the two items in this first part.

1. Overall Introduction

a. Executive Summary

b. Business Details (Business Model)

PetMind | Product Introduction

1. Brief Introduction

PetMind is an AI-driven full-stack pet lifestyle platform integrating “intelligent monitoring + community social networking + service e-commerce”. The app uses intelligent monitoring as its main entry point, analyzing pet needs in real time through AI and automatically generating daily pet status reports. The feature pages are complemented by the [Community Professional Service Network] and [Pet Owner Social Life Circle], creating a complete ecosystem of “understandingconnectingserving”. Every AI discovery can be instantly transformed into health care, service appointments, and experience sharing.

Each group will work on a new business project which

will cover idea generation, business model development, strategy formulation, operational planning,

financial planning, and business plan writing, etc., and is required to make an investor pitching

presentation by the end of the course and submit a written report afterwards.

This project will allow students to go through the steps of analyzing a new business of their interest,

develop a sound business plan, as well as learning how to present to investors.

please follow directions on screenshot. No AI

In the assigned reading, White Collar Crime: What It Is and Where It’s Going (Cliff & Desilets), they discuss a number of trends in the area affecting criminal investigation and forensic accounting relating to frauds, financial crime, business malfeasance, and related issues. Choose one of the five emerging areas (consumer crimes, intellectual property crimes, business and financial crimes, terrorism, and computer crimes) and discuss one of them. Review and summarize at least three reputable (academically acceptable) sources that is related to the area you chose, or either supports or refutes Cliff & Desilets position. Minimum of 3-pages.

The Rise of Mass Arbitration: A Loophole or a Legitimate Check on Corporations? Focus on the recent explosion of mass arbitration claims against companies.

Thesis idea: Mass arbitration is a predictable consequence of companies eliminating class actions and should not be restricted.