The country that I have to write about is Russia
Legal Environment Analysis
This is a written assignment that will be worth 100 points. It needs to be 3 pages long, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12, 1.25 margins.
The assignment is due on Saturday, March 26, at 11:59pm.
To submit it, use the Legal Environment Analysis Turnitin link that you will find by accessing the Assignments link in Blackboard.
Note: When referring to items that are not your own ideas (for example, referring to specific laws listed or talked about in your analysis), you must cite the laws using MLA or Chicago format. Here is a good website for tips on how to cite sources. (https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html)
Each individual has to turn in one written assignment.
this assignment, you need to:
Describe the legal environment of your chosen country, making specific references to
the rule of law (to what extent is the country governed by law as opposed to arbitrary decisions of individual government officials)
and
laws that govern foreign direct investment (for example, are there provisions to attract foreign direct investment, such as tax incentives, most-favored-nation treatment, dispute resolution fora; or provisions that restrict foreign direct investors such as high local content requirements or currency exchange restrictions).
Discuss challenges and opportunities for American investors posed by the legal environment.
Based on the challenges and opportunities you have identified through your research, formulate two recommendations, with your supporting arguments, to an American investor to successfully navigate your countrys legal environment.
The country that I have to write about is RussiaMaximum number of points = 100
-If nothing is turned in by the deadline = 0 points
-If the write-up is turned in by the deadline, the 100 points are distributed as follows:
-10 points for respecting technical specifications (writing in essay format rather than bullet points; meeting the requirement of 3 pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12, 1.25 margins; the length of 3 pages is a specific requirement; maximum of 3.5 pages accepted, beyond that there would be a penalty);
-20 points for discussing the rule of law, i.e. accurately identifying the extent to which the country is governed by law as opposed to arbitrary decisions of individual government officials, backed up by evidence from primary sources and/or cited findings from secondary sources
-30 points for identifying laws that govern foreign direct investment and discussing whether they are favorable or unfavorable for foreign investors (as specified in the prompts for the assignment, examples of relevant laws would be laws designed to attract foreign direct investment, such as tax incentives, most-favored-nation treatment, dispute resolution fora; or laws designed to restrict foreign direct investors such as high local content requirements or currency exchange restrictions); identifying 1 relevant law would earn 10 points; identifying 2 relevant laws would earn 20 points; to earn 30 points, the paper should identify at least 2 relevant laws (typically more) and identify overall trends in the countrys legal environment for example, are most laws favorable or unfavorable to foreign direct investment/ do the laws favor foreign investors from a particular country of origin or from a particular sector of the economy/ is there an ongoing tendency to modify existing laws to make them more or less favorable to foreign investors
-10 points for identifying challenges for American investors posed by the legal environment
-10 points for identifying opportunities for American investors posed by the legal environment
-20 points for formulating 2 recommendations (10 points for each recommendation) to an American investor to successfully navigate the countrys legal environment (the recommendations have to be actionable items; to get the full points, each recommendation has to be supported with arguments).
