Unit name | Advanced Legal and Socio-Legal Research Methods |
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Unit code | LAWDM0084 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Cowan |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
LAWDM0083 |
School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit provides a core element in the MSc in Socio-Legal Studies. It concentrates on advanced legal and, more specifically, socio-legal research methods. It includes: statutory interpretation and precedent; doctrinal legal methods (including library based research and case analysis); socio-legal methods (including examination of a range of methods and ethical issues drawn from diverse fields of socio-legal scholarship). The latter varies but may include consideration of feminist scholarship, legal consciousness, research ethics and draws upon a range of interdisciplinary sources from the social sciences and humanities.
By the end of the unit, a successful student will be able to:
This unit is also intended to improve skills relating to research – in particular, the ability to assess and write research proposals. The research proposal provides a means of assessing what they have learned throughout the unit and whether they are able not only to think critically about it but also to utilise it in devising their own programmes of research.
Teaching will be delivered through a variety of asynchronous and synchronous activities
5,000 word research proposal (100%)
This assessment will assess all of the Intended Learning Outcomes for this unit.