| Module Identifier |
LAM2020 |
| Module Title |
RESEARCH SKILLS IN LAW |
| Academic Year |
2007/2008 |
| Co-ordinator |
Dr Stephen J Skinner |
| Semester |
Available semesters 1 and 2 |
| Other staff |
Mr Richard W Ireland, Professor Christopher S P Harding, Dr Catherine Dupre |
| Course delivery |
Seminars / Tutorials | 11 x 2 hour seminars |
| Assessment |
| Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
|---|
| Semester Assessment | A book review: 1000 words - presentation | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Oral Presentation - A poster on an author | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Resubmission of failed coursework | |
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Brief description
This module provides training in (a) an appreciation of the philosophical and epistemological foundations of legal and socio-legal research and research in cognate interdisciplinary fields and of the different objectives and principles inherent in each of these fields; and (b) the location, reading and use of different media, in particular literary and historical sources, as compared with conventional legal sources, material and documentation.
Content
- Using historical primary sources & archive work
- Secondary sources and historiography
- Comparison of law: methodological aspects and theories
- Supranational dimension of law (international, european, cross border)
- Influential theoretical schools and streams
Note: the precise syllabus of this course may vary slightly subject to teaching staff and students? interests.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7