2.2 The Topic-Criteria (the five-tests)

1. Researchable: the question-answerable (the evidence-findable (the opinion-only-no (the "should abortion be legal?"-type-too-moral (the "how does X statute regulate Y?"-type-legal (the normative-turned-analytical (the craft-of-the-reshape))))));2. Feasible: the one-semester's-scale (the sources-reachable (the field-accessible (the ten- jurisdictions-comparison-no (the Nepal-focused-the-wisdom (the single-statute/single- institution/single-doctrine-the-recommended-scope))))));3. Original-enough: the fresh-angle (the new-question (the new-data (the new-combination (the well-trodden-topic + the fresh-lens = acceptable (the never-treated-at-all = rare (the contribution-modest-but-real (the U1's-honest-scale))))));4. Sources-sufficient: the literature-existing (the cases-there (the data-available (the topic-with- no-law-yet (the speculation-the-risk (the "wait-for-the-act"-topic-the-temptation-resisted)))));5. Interest-sustaining: the four-months'-companion (the boredom-the-killer (the curiosity-the- fuel (the choose-what-you'd-read-anyway))));