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Traditions of Legal Research
Last Updated Date:   16 July 2024


5 Units,  Semester 2

Course Description:
This course addresses the central approaches to research currently found in legal scholarship. It will look at the central assumptions of each, the questions each seeks to address, how it relates to other approaches, and what counts as robust research for each. Approaches considered will include doctrinal, philosophical, comparative, socio-legal, critical, empirical, literary, and post-structural ones. The course also looks at how wider scientific and social developments are challenging conventional assumptions of legal research surrounding issues such as the autonomy of legal subjects, the normativity of the law, and where we research law

Course Convenor: Prof Damian Chalmers

Co-teacher(s): NA

Course Codes: LL4290V / LL5290V / LL6290V / LLJ5290V

Contact Hours: 3 hour weekly seminar

Workload: 3 hours

Mode of Assessment: Class Participation - 20%; Group Presentation - 20% & Research Project (5000 words Report) - 60% [Due: Thursday, 17 April 2025 (3pm)]

Preclusions: LL4290/LL5290/LL6290 Legal Research: Method & Design

Prerequisites: NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or common law equivalent.

Examination Date: Different Mode of Examination

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