James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2003

LA4046:06

Research Dissertation B

Townsville, Cairns HECS Band 3

Full year.

Available to final year Bachelor of Laws and combined degree Bachelor of Laws students.

Staff: Ms D Henriss-Anderssen.

Available as part of the Honours program to level 4 students with a GPA of at least 5, who anticipate applying for an Australian Postgraduate Award. Students will be required to undertake a substantial piece of independent research, under the supervision of an appointed supervisor. The length of the dissertation is 18,000-20,000 words. The conditions are fully set out in the Honours guidelines of the School of Law.

Learning Objectives:

  1. to develop independent legal research skills;
  2. to develop advanced legal writing skills;
  3. to foster the acquisition of a sophisticated knowledge of the law which is the subject area of the research;
  4. to foster critical analysis and evaluation of the law.

Assessment by research dissertation (100%).

The full details of Mathematics (MA) subjects are shown in the Student Handbook for Faculty of Science and Engineering and Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences. A list of the subjects follow: