LEGAL RESEARCH METHODS (4 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: LO1 – Classify characteristics of legal research methods from those of non-legal research methods; LO2 – Create legal issue as a potential research statement supported with rationale behind; LO3 – Build a simple research proposal based on a certain legal issue with a right choice of legal research method.

Topics:

1. Introduction to legal research methods;
2. Types of legal research methods;
3. Legal problem formulation;
4. Backgrounds of problem formulation;
5. Backgrounds of problem formulation (GSLC);
6. Objectives and benefits;
7. Summarizing about legal research lectures (GSLC);
8. Conceptual frame of thinking;
9. Studying legal resources (GSLC);
10. Sampling;
11. Quotations-1;
12. Quotations-2;
13. Plagiarism.