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Level 7 Diploma in International Business Law

Midterm evaluation

IBL706 · Legal Research Methods — Midterm

CourseIBL706
Week8 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Midterm evaluation

  1. Midterm assessment of the criteria taught so far
  2. Individual feedback and targets

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Identify the criteria required to conduct legal research.
  • 1.2 Define key issues in the proposed research.
  • 1.3 Assess the diversity of research methods used in socio-legal studies.
  • 1.4 Evaluate ethical dimensions of socio-legal approaches.
  • 1.5 Analyse features of the blackletter approach to doctrinal legal research.
  • 2.1 Choose a relevant legal research project topic.
  • 2.2 Create appropriate research aims and objectives with justification.
  • 2.3 Formulate a detailed plan for the research project.

Activity

Midterm assessment task and individual feedback.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Legal Inquiry
  • Week 2: Topic Selection and Research Aims
  • Week 3: Doctrinal Legal Research
  • Week 4: Socio-Legal Research and Legal Ethics
  • Week 5: Theoretical Frameworks in Legal Scholarship
  • Week 6: The Critical Literature Review
  • Week 7: Methodological Design and Evaluation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Data Collection and Analysis in Legal Studies
  • Week 10: Project Planning and Research Management
  • Week 11: Proposal Finalisation and Researcher Reflexivity
  • Week 12: Applying Legal Research Methods in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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