Dissertation Climate Change and Energy Law - BML0117

Assessment 1: Other

Submission of the research proposal which will form part of the dissertation.

Other

Assessment 1: Dissertation/Thesis/Design Thesis (Written)

Dissertation/Thesis/Design Thesis (Written)

The LLM Dissertation will enable you to explore the field of Climate Change and Energy Law deepening your understanding of current problems and exploring new insights in the field. By applying legal research skills and methods acquired during the course of the LLM, you will be able identify and define theoretical concepts, principles and rules relevant to your area of research and the broader social, political, environmental or economic context in which the law operates.
You will be expected to select and research an area of law specifically related to Climate Change and Energy Law. The work undertaken must demonstrate appropriate design, methods and techniques along with interpretation and evaluation of the findings reported to a high professional standard and also within a defined word limit.  Your project will be either a literature review of a focused topic using a systematic approach or an empirical study that draws on and makes a contribution to knowledge.

Huddersfield Business School

Mike Mc Conville and Wing Hong Chui, Research Methods for Law (University of Edinburgh Press Ltd 2007)
Mark Van Hoecke (ed.), Methodologies of Legal Research: Which Kind of Method for Which Kind of Discipline? (Oxford: Hart Publishing 2011)
Dawn Watkins and Mandy Burton (eds), Research Methods in Law (London: Routledge, 2013)
Mathias Seims, Comparative Law (Cambridge University Press 2014)

https://library.hud.ac.uk/readinglists/BML0117

BML0117 - Dissertation Climate Change and Energy Law

Dissertation Climate Change and Energy Law

Research complex issues applicable to society and articulate, elaborate and justify an appropriate and viable research question or topic for investigation. 

Identify and define theoretical concepts, principles and rules showing an understanding of legal theory in the field of Climate Change and Energy Law.

Apply legislation, case law and ethical guidelines to create and deliver evidenced solutions to complex legal problems.

Appraise current research and pursue advanced scholarship, critically analysing and evaluating relevant primary and secondary legal sources. 

Devise and sustain legal argumentation, recognising ambiguity and synthesis, using tailored evidence and be able to communicate these to specialist and non-specialist audiences. 