Module info

The purpose of the Dissertation is to enable students to demonstrate their capacity to carry out a substantial piece of independent academic research on a selected topic.

By the end of this Seminar, students will be able to:

• identify a legal issue for exploration;

• articulate a coherent plan for analysing this legal issue;

• build and structure a coherent legal argument;

• carry out independent research;

• critically and creatively engage with the relevant literature and/or primary sources;

• analyse and present this information in a way that satisfactorily assesses the topic which they have set themselves.

The module is compulsory for all students on Postgraduate Law Taught Degrees.