Talk:Comparative law and justice/Cape Verde

Mid-Semester Comments:

Wow! You've gotten quite a lot done already. Be sure you do take time to go back and review each section after we talk about that content so you can draw on the concepts and ideas we develop in class to refine your work. I took the liberty of going and fixing a little formatting weirdness near the flag, and moved your reference into the flag--be sure to caption all your images.

You might want to change your list of basic facts at the end of the first section into a bulleted list--it increases readability.

In your economy section, it may be worth looking into the effect of remittances from overseas on the Cape Verde economy. I don't know the figures offhand, but I know in the Philippines, which has a similar emigration dynamic, something like 1/7 or 1/9 of the GDP comes from overseas remittances.

You have some random text in bold that should be fixed.

You should probably say a bit more about the government--how elections are conducted and who can vote, what family of law is in effect in Cape Verde, judicial review, etc.

In terms of courts, punishment, human rights, etc.-- you will need to revise these sections going forward as we talk about more concepts and details. Life sentences and capital punishment, for instance, are different issues--and do mention whether trials are adversarial or inquisitorial. Some of what you have may be reorganized into family law or human rights instead of where you have it, and you might want to change your headings so they are not in ALL CAPS.

You are missing your crime rate data, so do be sure to put that in.

You're in good shape. Keep up the good work! Mlarthur 22:41, 21 October 2009 (UTC)