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Research Methodologies in Law - LAWS818
This unit introduces students to a wide variety of legal research methodologies and helps them develop practical skills in undertaking such research. The unit comprises four modules. The first helps students to enhance their techniques in researching primary and secondary sources in doctrinal law. The second focusses on elements of good legal writing, with particular attention to accepted practices of legal referencing. The third introduces students to methodologies in legal research beyond doctrinal research and contrasts these with common research methods employed in the physical and social sciences. In the final module, students combine the above elements by producing a detailed legal research plan that examines the existing literature on a chosen topic, formulates a discrete research question, and identifies an accepted method for undertaking that research.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day S1 External - Session 1, External (On-campus dates: None) S2 Day - Session 2, North Ryde, Day S2 External - Session 2, External (On-campus dates: None) |
| Staff Contact(s): | Professor Brian Opeskin |
| Prerequisites: |
Admission to JD or MIntTrdeComLaw and 8cp at 600 level or above |
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| NCCW(s): | LAWS896 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Macquarie Law School Faculty of Arts |
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