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Module/Course Description

Course Title: Legal Research

Course Code: UU-LAW-706-ZM

Programme: Master of Laws (LLM)

Credits: 25.00

Course Description:

Rationale


This course provides a thorough overview of legal research, including principles and methodologies encouraging the student to engage with legal resources in a critical, well-informed manner.
This course aims to develop students’ knowledge of, and ability to utilise, appropriate legal (and other) research methods in order to underpin autonomous learning at a high level.


Learning Outcomes


At the end of the course students will be expected to:

(i)    Analyse the role and importance of legal research.
(ii)   Apply appropriate methods to particular types of legal research and to formulate a proposal for a piece of research to form the basis of a dissertation.
(iii)  Analyse legal and other research methodologies and their practical and ethical implications.
(iv)  Produce academic writing to a high standard of scholarship, including writing effectively in the English language and presenting information and ideas in a manner that meets relevant academic conventions.

Prerequisites: UU-LAW-701-ZM, UU-LAW-704-ZM, UU-LAW-705-ZM, UU-Msc-IND100-ZM, UU-FNT-203-ZM

Prerequisites Categories: -

Typical Module duration: 7.0 Week(s)

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