LAWS348-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024

Research Project

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 May 2024

Description

Note: Students must have a B average in LAWS courses in order to enrol in this course.

LAWS348 involves you writing a 7000 word research essay on an agreed topic supervised by a member of the academic staff.

Students considering enrolling in Laws 348 should first consult the Course Coordinator, Natalie Baird.

Note: Students must have completed or be completing Laws 200 level courses and LAWS301. Students must also have undertaken at least one Group E Laws 300 level course.

This course is more suitable for students to enrol in towards the end of their legal studies.

Learning Outcomes

• The objectives for the LAWS 348 course are for students to be able to demonstrate that they can:
• Identify a research question suitable for exploration in a 7000 word research paper.
• Plan a programme of research using a suitable research methodology.
• Work both independently and with the supervisor of their research paper.
• Produce a 7000 word research paper on a legal topic which, in turn, demonstrates that they can:
* locate, use and refer to primary and secondary sources relevant to the topic of the paper;
* synthesise information from a number of different sources to construct their own understanding and/or shape their own viewpoint;
*critically evaluate information and/or formulate and test arguments;
* provide an appropriate answer to their identified research question;
* present information using a clear and logical structure;
* write clearly and in a manner that follows the writing conventions, numbering system and formatting requirements in the New Zealand Law Style Guide;
• Manage their time in order to meet any requirements set by their supervisors and assessment deadlines.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

Head of Department permission mandatory

Restrictions

LAWS379 (prior to 2006)

Co-requisites

Course Coordinator

Natalie Baird

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Research Proposal (Pass/Fail) 21 Mar 2024
Draft Research Paper 02 May 2024
Final Research Paper 30 May 2024 100%


Assessment tasks and dates will be confirmed in the first week of lectures.

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Coppard, Alice et al; New Zealand law style guide ; 3rd edition; Thomson Reuters, 2018.

R. Scragg (ed); Legal Writing: A Complete Guide for a Career in Law ; LexisNexis, 2015.

Russell, Mary-Rose et al; Legal research in New Zealand ; LexisNexis NZ Limited, 2016.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $893.00

International fee $4,663.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

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