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Law Dissertations: A Step-by-Step Guide (eBook)

Laura Lammasniemi

ISBN13: 9781315282831

Published: March 2018

Publisher: Routledge

Country of Publication: UK

Format: eBook (ePub)

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Law Dissertations: A Step-by-Step Guide provides you with all the guidance and information you need to complete and succeed in your LLB, LLM or law-related dissertation. Written in a simple, clear format and with plenty of tools to help you to put the theory into practice, Laura Lammasniemi will show you how to make writing your law dissertation easy, without compromising intellectual rigour.

As well as explaining the process of research and outlining the various legal methodologies, the book also provides practical, step-by-step guidance on how to formulate a proposal, research plan, and literature review. Unlike other law research skills books, it includes a section on empirical research methodology and ethics for the benefit of students who are studying for a law-related degree.

Packed full of exercises, worked examples and tools for self-evaluation, this book is sure to become your essential guide, supporting you on every step of your journey in writing your law dissertation.

Subjects:: Legal Skills and Method, eBooks

Contents:: 1. Introduction; Summary; 2. Finding and perfecting your topic; 2.1 Key questions to consider when choosing a dissertation topic; 2.2 Inspiration for finding a topic for research; 2.3 Brainstorming; Summary; 3. From a topic to a question; 3.1 Narrowing down your topic to a question; 3.2 What is a compelling research question?; 3.3 Tasks on evaluating and strengthening research questions; 3.4 Tools for self-evaluation; Summary; 4. Creating a good research proposal; 4.1 What is a research proposal?; 4.2 Proposal as a ‘running document’; 4.3 Evaluate sample proposals; 4.4 Evaluate your proposal; Summary; 5. Planning the project; 5.1 Scheduling and working effectively; 5.2 Creating a research journal; Summary; 6. Creating a research plan; 6.1 Formulating research aim and objectives; 6.2 Creating a research plan; Summary; 7. Online research; 7.1 Online sources: the good, the bad and the ugly; 7.2 How to locate different legal databases; 7.3 How to use different databases; 7.4 How to use publicly available resources; Summary; 8. Methodology; 8.1 Introduction to methodology; 8.2 Blackletter law methodology; 8.3 Socio-legal methodology; 8.4 Theory as a methodology; 8.5 Comparative law methodology; 8.6 How to engage with methodology; 8.7 Reflexivity; Summary; 9. Empirical research; 9.1 What is empirical research in law?; 9.2 Examples of empirical legal research; 9.3 Pros and cons of empirical research; 9.4 How to conduct empirical research?; 9.5 Presenting research findings; 9.6 Key principles of research ethics; 9.7 What is ethics approval?; 9.8 Other ethical issues; Summary; 10. Processing literature; 10.1 What is key literature?; 10.2 Deciding what to read and what not to read; 10.3 How to create a working bibliography; 10.4 Quick reading skills; 10.5 Deep reading skills; 10.6 Critically analysing a text; 10.7 A critical and reflective reader; Summary; 11. Literature review; 11.1 What is a literature review?; 11.2 Why conduct a literature review?; 11.3 Sources for literature review; 11.4 How to conduct a literature review; 11.5 Highlighting the originality of your research project; Summary; 12. Writing the dissertation; 12.1 Understanding and improving your writing skills; 12.2 Writing good paragraphs; 12.2 How to captivate your audience; 12.3 Making an argument; 12.4 How to incorporate evidence into my writing; Summary; 13. Referencing; 13.1 Why reference?; 13.2 Plagiarism and academic offences; 13.3 OSCOLA referencing in a nutshell; 13.4 Harvard referencing in a nutshell; 13.5 Exercises to test your referencing skills; Summary; 14. Structuring the dissertation; 14.1 How to structure the introduction; 14.2 How to structure the main body; 14.3 How to structure the conclusion; 14.4 Signposting; 14.5 Creating a reverse outline; Summary; 15. Navigating supervision; 15.1 What are the roles of a supervisor and a supervisee?; 15.2 Managing your supervision meetings; 15.3 Supervision guidelines; 15.4 Feedback cycle; 15.5 Working with a critical friend; 15.6 Tools for critical friend and for self-evaluation; Summary; 16. Obtaining a first and avoiding fails; 16.1 How to get a first; 16.2 Why does a dissertation fail?; 16.3 How to avoid common pitfalls; Summary; 17. Preparing for submission; 17.1 Presentation and layout of the dissertation; 17.2 What are the examiners looking for?; 17.3 Final presentation/submission checklist; Summary; Bibliography; Index