| CODE | PBL5033 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Methodology, Research Skills and Legal Analysis | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Public Law | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will focus on analysing normative critiques or arguments, evaluating legal and ethical arguments, and undertaking and writing a literature review. In particular this study-unit will focus on identifying and recognising sources which are pertinent to human rights law and provide a methodology on case law analysis and case studies. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit will undertake a legal analysis of human rights relevant sources and instruct in methods of research required for analysis of human rights issues. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Carry out research and analysis of sources of human rights; - Carry out critical analysis and originality in scholarship; - Critically analyse judgments of the national and regional courts as well as of opinions of international commissions on the interpretation of human rights; - Develop well defined arguments in support or against claims of human rights violations. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Prepare analytical assignments, case studies and dissertation; - Prepare written analysis of case studies and research questions; - Analyse sources and develop own analysis and arguments in relation to various issues of human rights. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Camilleri-Cassar, F. (2022) Academic Research Methods for the Law Student: a practical guide (2nd edition) Faculty of Laws, University of Malta. - Camilleri-Cassar, F. (2018) Academic Research Methods for the Law Student: A Practical Guide (1st edition) Faculty of Laws, University of Malta. - McConville, M. and Chui, W.H. (2017) Research Methods for Law, Edinburgh University Press (2nd edition). Supplementary Readings: - Finch, E. and Fafinski, S. (2019) Legal Skills, Oxford University Press (7th edition). - Lammasniemi, L. (2018) Law dissertations: a step-by-step guide, Routledge (1st edition). - Strong, S I (2018) How to Write Law Essays and Exams, Oxford University Press (5th edition). - Watkins, Dawn and Burton, M. (2018) Research Methods in Law, Routledge (2nd edition). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Frances Camilleri Cassar Therese Comodini Cachia |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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