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LIT477: International Trade Law Dissertation

Module Title International Trade Law Dissertation
Module Code LIT477
Module Tutor Andy Vi-Ming Kok
School Accounting and Law
CAT Points 60
Level of Study 7
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Brief Description Any area of independent study within International Trade Law considered relevant by the appropriate by the Law School Dissertation Director in consultation with the student and subject supervisor.
Indicative Syllabus The dissertation will be a piece of independent research, amounting to 18 000 words, carried out by the student under the supervision of a suitably qualified member of staff of the Law School. Students will be expected to be in contact with their supervisors as appropriate.
Learning Outcomes

On completion, you should be able to demonstrate these learning outcomes:

Knowledge and understanding of:

Very substantial knowledge and understanding of the area of law considered, including:

  1. the fundamental doctrines and principles, and its social, economic and political context;
  2. the crucial contemporary issues and / or new insights;
  3. the major values and principles of the system;
  4. the comparative context.

Intellectual/ thinking skills – able to:

  1. analyse, interpret and critically evaluate complex legal issues systematically and creatively;
  2. make sound judgments of the evidence, whether fully present or in the absence of complete data, whether in concurrence or competing, to arrive at logical conclusions;
  3. evaluate methodologies and develop critiques of them, and where appropriate, to propose new hypotheses;
  4. continue to advance your knowledge and understanding of the law.

Subject specific /Practical and professional skills – able to:

  1. comprehensively understand the techniques applicable to your own research and to advanced scholarship to create and interpret knowledge in the relevant areas;
  2. apply legal knowledge learnt with originality;
  3. demonstrate self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems, and act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks at a professional or equivalent level;
  4. communicate your conclusions clearly to both specialist and non-specialist audiences;
  5. continue to develop skills to a higher level.

Transferable/key skills – able to:

  1. exercise initiative and personal responsibility;
  2. make decisions and provide solutions in complex and unpredictable situations;
  3. learn independently;
  4. read complex materials;
  5. communicate;
  6. make effective use of numerical and statistical information, as the basis of an argument;
  7. work with information technology.
Learning and Teaching Activities

Total Learning Hours = 600
Staff/Student Contact Time = 6%
Student Independent Study Time = 94%

Assessment (For further details see the Module Guide) 001: 100% Coursework: Dissertation: 18000 words or equivalent
Special Assessment Requirements None
Indicative Resources

The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.

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