| Pre-requisites |
candidature in JD or LLM or SJD
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| 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.
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Prescribed Material
Mandatory
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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
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Off Campus
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| Disclaimer |
Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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