Module Identifier | LAM2020 | ||
Module Title | RESEARCH SKILLS IN LAW | ||
Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Christopher Harding | ||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 4 Hours introductory and concluding sessions | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 1 hour autonomous learning group sessions | ||
Practical | 10 x 2 hours | ||
Assessment | Presentation | 1 x oral | |
Course work | 2 x 2000 word pieces of written work | ||
Resit assessment | Resubmission of failed coursework |
Brief description
This module will provide subject-specific training in research aims and methodology in the legal field and cognate areas of interdisciplinary research.
Main Topics:
Methodology of legal research; legal sources and materials; legal argumentation and critique
Theoretical perspectives on interdisciplinary research
Socio-legal research: definition, scope and theoretical orientations
Quantitative and qualitative methodology in criminological research and other socio-legal contexts
Historical sources and material
Literary sources
Economic analysis of law
International materials and documentation
European materials and documentation
Working on the law/science/medicine interface
Dissemination of research work