Summary NEW LME3701 Assignment 2 | BOTH Comparative & Historical Approaches Full answers, footnotes and bibliography

NEW LME3701 Assignment 2 | BOTH Comparative &
Historical Approaches Full answers, footnotes and
bibliography

, CONTENTS
Page
FOREWORD v

SECTION cc A: LEGAL c c RESEARCH: c c GENERAL c c THEMES 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION c c TO c c LEGAL c c RESEARCH 1
1.2 CLASSIFYING c c LEGAL c c RESEARCH 4
1.2.1 Defining cc legal cc research 4
1.2.2 Elements cc of cc legal ccresearch 6
1.2.3 Types ccof ccresearch 7
1.2.3.1 Doctrinal cc legal cc research 9
1.2.3.2 Empirical cclegal ccresearch/socio-legal ccstudies cc 10
1.2.3.3 International c c and c c comparative c c legal c c research 11
1.3 CONDUCTING cc RESEARCH ccIN cc LAW 11
1.4 RESEARCH ccDESIGN cc(PLANNING) ccAND
ccMETHODOLOGY
11
1.4.1 Research cc design cc (planning) 12
1.4.2 Research c c methodology 13
1.4.3 Approaches ccto ccresearch/types ccof ccresearch cc 14
1.4.3.1 Qualitative cc research cc vs cc quantitative cc research 15
1.4.3.2 Legal cc comparative cc approach 16
1.4.3.3 Legal cc historical cc approach 17
1.5 ORGANISING c c THE cc RESEARCH c c AND
FORMULATING cc A cc WORKING cc TITLE 17
1.6 RESEARCH ccQUESTION, ccPROBLEM ccOR ccSTATEMENT
18
1.7 SCHOLARSHIP/LITERATURE ccREVIEW cc 21
1.8 FUNDAMENTAL ccASPECTS ccOF ccA ccRESEARCH
ccPROPOSAL
23
1.9 STYLE cc AND cc FORMATTING cc OF cc RESEARCH cc IN
LAW ccAT ccCLAW 24
1.9.1 Footnote ccstyle 25
1.10 CITATION c c AND c c REFERENCING c c METHODS 25
1.11 RESEARCH ccINTEGRITY ccAND ccPROFESSIONAL
ccCONDUCT
26
1.11.1 Plagiarism 26
1.11.1.1 Defining cc plagiarism 27
1.11.1.2 Copying ccanother ccstudent’s cc work cc is cc plagiarism 27
1.11.2 Copyright cc and cc academic cc writing 28
1.11.2.1 Both cc copyright c c infringement c c and c c plagiarism 28
1.11.2.2 Copyright c c infringement c c but c c not c c plagiarism 29
1.11.2.3 Plagiarism cc but cc not c c copyright cc infringement 29
1.11.3 How cc to cc avoid cc plagiarism 29

SECTION cc B: LEGAL c c RESEARCH c c PROPOSAL: c c LEARNING c c UNITS 35

LEARNING c c UNIT c c 1:
RESEARCH c c PROPOSAL 36
1.1 INTRODUCTION 36
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, LEARNING c c UNIT c c 2:
PRELIMINARY c c WORK 40
2.1 CONSTRUCTING ccA ccRESEARCH ccJOURNAL 40
2.2 ORGANISING ccYOUR ccRESEARCH 41

LEARNING c c UNIT c c 3:PROPOSED/WORKING c c TITLE c c AND
INTRODUCTION 43
3.1 PROPOSED/WORKING ccTITLE cc 43
3.2 RESEARCH c c INTRODUCTION 44
LEARNING c c UNIT c c 4:
PROBLEM cc STATEMENT 46
4.1 PROBLEM ccSTATEMENT 46
4.1.1 Problem cc statement cc examples 47
LEARNING c c UNIT c c 5:
RESEARCH c c AIM/HYPOTHESIS 49
5.1 WHAT ccIS ccA ccHYPOTHESIS 49
LEARNING c c UNIT c c 6:
POINTS c c OF c c DEPARTURE c c AND
ASSUMPTIONS 51
6.1 POINT cc OF cc DEPARTURE cc AND cc ASSUMPTIONS 51
LEARNING c c UNIT c c 7:
CONCEPTUALISATION c c OF
CENTRAL c c RESEARCH c c THEMES 52
LEARNING c c UNIT c c 8:
CHAPTER c c LAYOUT 53
LEARNING c c UNIT c c 9:
PROJECTED c c TIME c c FRAME 56
LEARNING c c UNIT c c 10: c c DESCRIPTION c c OF c c RESEARCH
c c METHOD 57
LEARNING c c UNIT c c 11: c c PRELIMINARY c c RESEARCH 58
LEARNING c c UNIT c c 12: c c
EVALUATING c c YOUR c c RESEARCH
PROPOSAL 59

SECTION cc C: SCHOOL c c OF c c LAW c c REFERENCING c c STYLE 63
1.1 CLAW cc REFERENCING cc STYLE 63
1.2 BASIC cc RULES cc OF cc REFERENCING cc IN cc THE
SCHOOL ccOF ccLAW 63
1.3 SPECIFIC cc RULES cc FOR cc DIFFERENT cc TYPES cc OF
ccSOURCES 64
1.3.1 Books ccand cccontributions ccin ccbooks 64
1.3.2 Journal cc articles 65
1.3.3 Old ccauthorities 65
1.3.4 Internet ccsources 66
1.3.5 Law ccreports 66
1.3.6 Legislation 66
1.3.7 International ccand ccregional ccinstruments/documents cc 67
1.4 SUMMARY 67

SECTION cc D: MISCELLANEOUS 69
1.1 NOTES ccON ccACCESSING ccRELIABLE ccSOURCES
OF cc LEGAL cc INFORMATION 72
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, 1.1.1 Dangers ccof ccthe ccinternet ccas cca ccsource ccof ccinformation 72
1.1.2 Reliable, ccauthoritative ccand ccpersuasive ccsources ccof cclaw 72

BIBLIOGRAPHY 74




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