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Unit of Study LAWS4002 - Legal Research: Context, Perspective and Method (2025)

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Unit description

Introduces researchers studying or working in the field of law to the range of theoretical and epistemological frameworks which may inform different types of legal research and to the methods and methodologies which may be employed in the legal research process. Provides students with the practical skills necessary to enable them to carry out and produce well designed and articulated research projects.

Unit content

Module 1: Scholarly Legal Research and Writing

Module 2: Advanced Legal Research – Tools and Resources

Module 3: Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation

Module 4: Mapping a Legal Project: the Literature Review

Module 5: Writing Methods and Theories

Module 6: Crafting an Effective Research Paper

Module 7: From Interest to Topic to Abstract

Module 8: Thesis and Antithesis: Explaining your Methods

Module 9: Structuring Your Proposal: a User's Guide

Module 10: Ethics in Legal Research

Module 11: Past Research Projects: What Can We Learn?

Module 12: Troubleshooting: Trips, Tricks and Traps

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

be able to justify and interpret theoretical propositions and conduct scholarly legal research.

demonstrate an understanding of approaches to ethical decision-making and an ability to recognise, reflect upon, and respond to ethical issues in a research context.

plan, develop and deliver an effective project presentation.

develop a comprehensive research proposal.

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