Module LAW3047A for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3047A: Comparative Law Dissertation
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Learning Log | Approx 6 hours per term/ one page per week | 1-2, 4, 6-9 | You may discuss with your supervisor specific issues arising in your research and noted in your log; peer feedback available through research discussion meetings. |
Draft chapters submitted to supervisor following agreement between you and your supervisor | 1-9 | Individual oral and/ or written feedback from supervisor during supervision meetings |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Comparative Dissertation | 100 | 12,000 words | 1-9 | Feedback sheet and (if needed) individual meeting with supervisor |
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Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Comparative Dissertation | Comparative Dissertation | 1-9 | August / September re-assessment period |
Re-assessment notes
It is expected that students who fail their dissertation will have to re-submit it on the same topic to reflect on and learn from the feedback they will have received on the dissertation originally submitted. Any derogation from this will have to be discussed with and approved by the module convenor.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
- S Geoffrey, An Introduction to Comparative Law Theory and Method (Hart, 2014)
- PG Monateri, Methods of Comparative Law (E Elgar, 2012)
- M Bussani and U Mattei (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Law (CUP, 2012)
- A Harding and E Orucu (eds), Comparative Law in the 21st Century (Kluwer, 2002)
- R Huxley-Binns et al, Unlocking legal learning, (Hodder Arnold 2005), ch.5
- M Salter and J Mason, Writing Law Dissertations: an Introduction and Guide to the Conduct of Legal Research (Longman, 2007)
- M McConville, Research Methods for Law (Edinburgh University Press, 2007)
- R Banaker and M Travers, Theory and Method in Socio-Legal Research (Hart, 2005)