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LAW6300

Faculty of Law

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

12 points, SCA Band 3, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Faculty

Law

Coordinator(s)

The Director or Convenor, Higher Degree by Research

Offered

Clayton

  • First semester 2016 (On-campus block of classes)
  • Second semester 2016 (On-campus block of classes)

Notes

For postgraduate Law discontinuation dates, please see http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/postgraduate/pg-disc-dates.html

Synopsis

The seminar will introduce students to advanced legal research techniques, empirical research, ethics in research, useful computer software, legal writing, legal publishing and contemporary theoretical approaches to law (philosophical, sociological , critical, feminist and economic). Students will be required to submit a 3000 word paper on a topic relevant to their proposed research. The seminar will also provide a forum in which students can interact in a semi-structured environment in order to test their research ideas, while contributing to the development and improvement of one another's research projects. Students will be required to present their research proposal for discussion.

Outcomes

To provide students with the intellectual and methodological skills they will need to plan, research, write and publish their thesis. In particular, to assist students in:

  1. preparing feasible research plans, which addresses research aims, assumptions, methods and possible findings
  2. thinking carefully, broadly and creatively about the best way to investigate and answer their research questions
  3. enhancing their understanding of significant issues in current legal theory and awareness of theoretical approaches relevant to their research
  4. developing a friendly peer support network for the remainder of their candidature.

Assessment

Participation in the seminar program: 20% plus 3000 word essay: 40% plus presentation of research proposal: 40%

Workload requirements

The SJD seminar will be taught intensively in one or two blocks of time during the year. Students will be required to attend most of the sessions.

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Jonathan Clough