Research Methodologies in Law - LAWS818
This unit introduces students to an array of concepts and research methodologies that underpin various theoretical approaches to legal scholarship, including doctrinal, comparative, interdisciplinary, empirical, and critical legal studies (CLS) approaches, as well as particular issues in human rights and international law research. The unit emphasises theoretical concerns and requirements that pertain to research objectives, research design, research methods, argumentation, writing, and critique including self-critique. The unit also explores the roles, rights and obligations of students in their own scholarship. The unit equips students to better understand the nexus among legal education, legal scholarship and legal practice; enhances their capacity to design research projects with rigorous research methodologies, to proffer good written analyses with sound argumentation, and to reflect on legal scholarship and on the law critically; and helps prepare them for a higher degree by research or for careers in legal practice, government, international organisations, and think tanks, and consultancies.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day S1 External - Session 1, External ((with on-campus sessions)) S2 Day - Session 2, North Ryde, Day S2 External - Session 2, External ((with on-campus sessions)) |
| Staff Contact(s): | Law Staff |
| Prerequisites: |
(Admission to LLM or MIntTrdeComLaw or MIntLawGovPP) or (Admission to JD and LAWS600) |
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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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