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LS400 Honours in Law

Credit Points 12
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Year Long Off Campus
Armidale Year Long On Campus
Online level Level C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
21 April 2008 21 April 2008 Compulsory
24 September 2008 25 September 2008 Compulsory
Supervised Exam None
Pre-requisites only available to candidates who are in their last 12 months of study and who achieve a minimum Grade Point Average of 5.5 in their preceding 8 LS units
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Craig Collins (ccollin6@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

Successful completion of this unit is a pre-condition for consideration for the award of Honours in Law. With this unit, you are stepping more deeply into the realm of legal research than ever before. You are embarking upon a large scale, full year research project which will require you to develop and utilise skills in self-discipline, organisation, independent learning, legal research, creative thinking, deep reflection and sophisticated analysis. This is an advanced, 'independent research' unit which offers new challenges and opportunities, all directed at stretching you. You are offered the opportunity to stake out a claim to a level of expertise within your own field of interest. In doing so, you have before you another unique opportunity - the chance to work closely (one-to-one) with an academic supervisor. Although so much of this unit is self-directed, there is in place a significant amount of 'scaffolding' to support your progress. The process will culminate with your Thesis - a paper in which you will set down a novel legal argument crafted from your deep engagement with the topic.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Researching and Writing in Law
ISBN: 9780455222783
Hutchinson, T.C.M., Lawbook Co 2nd ed. 2006
Recommended Material
Optional

Text(s):

Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

The Craft of Research
ISBN: 9780226065687
Booth, W., Colomb, G. and Williams, J., University of Chicago Press 2nd ed. 2008
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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