Law Honours 2: Academic Writing and Research

Course aim

This course is  for Honours students in Law as one of two courses which precede the writing of the Honours Thesis and is aimed at developing and refining students’ skills in legal academic writing and research, with the aim of producing a literature review in advance of the Honours Thesis.

Course content

This course is designed to cover the following topics:

1. The elements of academic legal writing, including abstracts and literature reviews;
2. The purpose and content of an academic thesis;
3. The features of good academic legal writing (plain English, grammar, style etc);
4. Research Codes of Conduct and Ethics Approval Processes;
5. Distilling a legal problem into a research question and thesis topic.

Textbook(s)

., Students will be provided with a Study Guide which will include a synopsis of topics and key cases

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
LAWS 4013	Law Honours 1: Advanced Legal Reasoning and Critical Analysis

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	2 x 2 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Analysis of 2 academic articles as pieces of legal writing, Literature Review, Oral presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.