Module LAWM686 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
LAWM686: Approaches to Research in Law (ESRC)
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| One reflective log per student | 700 words | 1-9 | Individual written feedback |
| One detailed essay plan corresponding to the summative essay | 700 words | 1-9 | Individual written feedback |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reflective Log Essay | 25 | 3 logs, 1000 words per entry; total 3000 words | 1-9 | Written feedback |
| Essay | 75 | 3000 words | 1-9 | Written feedback |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reflective Log Essay | Reflective log essay (3 logs, 1000 words per entry; total 3000 words) | 1-9 | August/September reassessment period |
| Essay | Essay (3,000 words) | 1-9 | August/September reassessment period |
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.
Indicative Reading:
Auchmuty R., ‘Recovering Lost Lives: Researching Women in Legal History’ (2015) Journal of Law and Society 42(1): 34-52
Burton, M and Watkins, D, Research Methods in Law (Routledge, 2013)
Baldwin, R , ‘Why Rules Don't Work’ (1990) 53 Modern Law Review 321-37
Baldwin, R and Cave, M,Understanding Regulation (Oxford University Press, 1999)
Banakar, R and Travers, M (eds), An Introduction to Law and Social Theory,( Hart Publishing, 2002)
Bottomley, A. and Conaghan J. (eds), Feminist Theory and Legal Strategy, (Blackwell Publishers, 1993).
Frankenberg, G, Comparative Law as Critique (E Elgar, 2016)
Feely, M. and Rubin, E, Judicial Policymaking and the Modern State (Cambridge University Press, 2001)
Fineman M. and Thomadsen, N. (eds), At the Boundaries of Law (Routledge, 1991)
Kunz et al., The Process of Legal Research, (Aspen, 2000)
Harlow, C. and Rawlings, R., Pressure Through Law (Routledge, 1992)
Hart, H.L, The Concept of Law, ( Clarendon Press, 1961)
Merry, S., . ‘Global Human Rights and Local Social Movements in a Legally Plural World’ (1997) Canadian Journal of Law and Society 12(2): 247-271.
O'Donovan, K, Sexual Divisions in Law (Weidenfeld, 1985)
Robertson S., ‘Searching for Anglo-American Digital Legal History’ (2016) Law and History Review 34(4): 1047-69
Smart, C., Feminism and the Power of Law (Routledge, 1989)
Snyder, F., ‘Governing Economic Globalisation: Global Legal Pluralism and European Law’ (1999) European Law Journal 5(4): 334-374
Stychin, C. Legal Methods (Sweet and Maxwell, 1999)
Tamanaha, B., A General Jurisprudence of Law and Society, (Oxford University Press, 2001)
Teubner, G, Juridification of Social Spheres (De Gruyter, 1987 )
Thomas, P. (ed), Socio Legal Studies (Aldershot1997)
Twining W., Legal Theory and Common Law (Blackwell, 1986)
Wickham, G. and Pavlich, G., Rethinking Law Society and Governance: Foucault's Bequest (Hart, 2002).
Yilmaz, I. ,’The Challenge of Post-Modern Legality and Muslim Legal Pluralism in England’ (2002) Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 28(2):343-354.
