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Unit of Study LAWS4006 - Law Honours Thesis I (2025)

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Students must be able to find the law in an efficient and expeditious manner before they are able to apply it to the solution of a real or hypothetical legal problem. This is the first of two Thesis units that further develop legal research skills that have been introduced at an earlier stage in the degree. These skills must be complemented by the ability to critically analyse, to identify a legal problem or philosophical issue worthy of investigation, to establish hypotheses concerning the problem, where this is appropriate, and to test the hypotheses and present the outcomes of the investigation.

Unit content

Module 1: Research proposal to Honours dissertation

Module 2: Dissertation writing: structure, style and philosophical narrative issues

Module 3: Embedding ethical and methodological structures in your work

Module 4: Research control: modifying Research Question in light of literature review

Module 5: Research control: is your Abstract answering your Research Question?

Module 6: Developing outlets: policy-making, article or LLM/PhD?

Module 7: Thesis writing: tips, tricks and traps

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Dual Term3
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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

research and identify relevant information and apply advanced cognitive skills to review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise material relevant to complex factual, legal and policy issues

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

demonstrate advance analytical and research skills, advanced dissertation writing and structural design skills.

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