LA4048 - Research Dissertation B: Part 2 of 2

Credit points:	03
Year:	2014
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Subject chain:	LA4047 LA4048
Administered by:	School of Law Office (pre 2015)

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

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 this subject together with LA4047 Research Dissertation B and complete 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 Outcomes

• to develop advanced legal writing skills;
• to develop independent legal research skills;
• to foster critical analysis and evaluation of the law;
• to foster the acquisition of a sophisticated knowledge of the law in the subject area of the research.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

LA4026 and LA4046

Availabilities
As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2014
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Thomas Middleton
Assessment:	research dissertation.
Special Assessment Requirements:	This subject must be completed together with LA4047. Assessment for both subjects is joint and consists of a single research dissertation.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2014
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Thomas Middleton
Assessment:	research dissertation.
Special Assessment Requirements:	This subject must be completed together with LA4047. Assessment for both subjects is joint and consists of a single research dissertation.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2014
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Thomas Middleton
Assessment:	research dissertation.
Special Assessment Requirements:	This subject must be completed together with LA4047. Assessment for both subjects is joint and consists of a single research dissertation.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2014
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Thomas Middleton
Assessment:	research dissertation.
Special Assessment Requirements:	This subject must be completed together with LA4047. Assessment for both subjects is joint and consists of a single research dissertation.

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