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LLM600 Research Methodology and Theory

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in JD or LLM or SJD
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Richard Copp (rcopp@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit provides students with the skills and concepts necessary to successfully carry out legal research at a postgraduate level. The first topic of the unit examines issue and topic identification, logic and argumentation. Subsequent topics explore a range of methodological and theoretical approaches to legal research, including postmodernism, feminist legal theory, Marxism, economics and law, sociology, empirical and statistical methods. Students will be encouraged to integrate the content of this unit with their research in other parts of the course.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Legal Theories in Principle
ISBN: 9780455219448
Leiboff, M. and Thomas, M., Law Book 2004
Text refers to: Semester 1 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 80% 5000
Assessment Notes
Research paper
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-7
Online Assessment 20% 1500
Assessment Notes
Online group work OR discussion group participation
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. critically examine and analyse legal arguments;
  2. recognise and distinguish different methodological and theoretical approaches to legal research;
  3. identify and clearly describe a topic or issue warranting legal research;
  4. select a methodology or theoretical approach appropriate to a legal research topic; and
  5. work within a particular methodology or theoretical framework to construct an argument on a given research topic.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Graduates of research degrees will extend the boundaries of knowledge through research and publication. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Research graduates will 'challenge existing theories and defend new ideas and theories in various modes for a variety of audiences, especially professional audiences, using the scholarly conventions of the discipline'. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Research graduates will 'show a broad understanding of the context, at the national and international level, in which research takes place'. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Research graduates will 'show an understanding of relevant research methodologies and techniques and their appropriate application within their research field nationally and globally'. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Research graduates will 'show an insight into the transferable nature of research skills to other work environments'. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
Research graduates will apply effective project management through the setting of research goals, milestones and prioritisation of activities'. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Research graduates will show awareness of issues relating to rights of other researchers, of research subjects, and others who may be affected by the research'. 		True True True
   

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