Theories and Philosophies of Legal Research (P02243)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LAW-P-P02243

The course is designed to give students an overview of the full range of types of and approaches to legal research, and to introduce them to thinking about the nature of legal research as intellectual endeavour. The material covered by the course ranges from traditional doctrinal research, through law in context work, to socio-legal and empirical legal studies, and theoretical and philosophical research on legal phenomena.

? Keywords : Theory, Philosophy, Legal Research

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : None

? Co-requisites : None

? Prohibited combinations : None

? Costs : None

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Law, (School of Law, Schedule F)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course students will:
- have an understanding of the range of types of and approaches to legal research undertaken by legal scholars;
- developed intellectual tools to help them understand where the research which they undertake fits within these typologies;
- developed skills of reading and critical analysis enabling them to evaluate the work of others;
- developed written and oral skills, including the clear and succint expression of ideas