A couple of comments on the abstracts

1. Remember that an abstract for a law paper should present your thesis. It should tell us what you are arguing for.
2. Avoid too much passive voice. This goes for your papers as well. The traditional ratio is 70/30 active to passive. Instead of "will be recommended", say "I recommend". I will penalize over-use of passive voice on the final paper.
3. It helps to take a break and come back a day later. You'll see issues that you hadn't seen before. I just tore apart an abstract that I wrote last week.

IMPORTANT: Please update your abstract and submit it with your final paper. It does NOT count towards the 5000 word limit, and it is not graded. It is, however, very handy for you to have. You can do this after you finish your paper. I anticipate that some of these papers will be good enough to submit to writing competitions or journals, and an abstract is required for many of these.