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Advanced Legal Research - LAWS7420
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Faculty: Faculty of Law
 
 
School:  Faculty of Law
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 2
 
 
EFTSL: 0.04167 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Co-requisite: LAWS2311 Litigation 1
 
 
Fee Band: 3 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This subject revises and expands upon students' online legal research skills. It involves a systematic review of all of the main tools which can be used to find Australian legislation, case law and commentary online, and a systematic approach to finding foreign legal materials. There is a dual focus on the content that is available, and on the tools used to find it.


Recommended Prior Knowledge

None

Course Objectives

The Advanced Legal Research course aims to assist students to:
  • Refresh and refine the online research skills acquired in the first year course
  • Become highly competent in Australian legal research over all categories of materials (legislation, case-law, and secondary materials)
  • Be able to take a systematic approach to international and comparative legal research sufficient to find major sources
  • Practice accessing information from a wide variety of online sources
  • Obtain research skills sufficient for you to be able to undertake your own legal research at any level of University studies
  • Obtain research skills sufficient for professional practice or other work in law

Main Topics

  • Researching Australian legislation
  • Researching Australian case law
  • Australian secondary legal research resources
  • Foreign legal systems and international law

Assessment

Compulsory take-home exam - 100%

Course Texts

Prescribed

Recommended

  • Nemes I & Coss G, Effective Legal Research, 3rd ed (Sydney: Butterworths, 2007)

Resources

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