Scientific Research Methodology (JF_406)
About Study Course
Objective
Develop an idea of conducting research work in law and promote students’ independent research work.
Prerequisites
General knowledge of the state and law.
Learning outcomes
- name and describe science branches in Latvia;
- names the types of research design;
- arranges the stages of the research in a logical order;
- outlines the conditions of the Methodological Rules for the basic requirements for research design;
- identifies types of academic honesty;
- name 4 types of legal problem and describe each of them;
- defines the types of sources and the possibilities of finding them for scientifically reliable sources;
- describes the topic and topic differences;
- reproduces the logic of the content chapters from the sample;
- identifies 11 elements of research methodology;
- names methods and methods of interpretation of legal norms, knows how to handle them;
- describes the nature of scientific writing style;
- name the features of other writing styles;
- describes the essence of the final research work;
- summarizes the research results from the sample;
- recognizes the stages of presenting the research result.
- explains and argues the choice of research design for legal science research;
- explains and justifies the necessity of the sequence of research stages;
- explains the essence of the Methodological Rules and recognizes errors in their non-observance;
- recognizes violations of academic honesty in practical situations;
- identifies the type of legal problem in a specific situation;
- recognizes and knows how to find scientifically reliable sources;
- can formulate topics and topic names in examples;
- can formulate a simple table of contents from a sample;
- can explain the use of methodology in study work I;
- knows how to arrange the elements of the methodology in the correct order and is able to describe this order;
- able to describe differences in methods and methods of interpretation of legal norms;
- recognizes the scientific writing style in the text;
- is able to explain the mechanism of formation of the conclusion of the research work;
- is able to select research results from the sample to be forwarded for presentation;
- knows how to identify the most important research results that characterize the topic;
- able to lay out the final content in a presentation sample (PPTX);
- able to work in a team, discuss, argue and present research results.
- resolves practical violations of academic integrity and does not allow them in their activities;
- describes a specific legal problem for its topic;
- knows how to find and use scientifically reliable sources for his topic;
- plans and describes the research methodology for the chosen topic;
- modifies the methods and methods of interpretation of legal norms for the topic of his research work;
- knows how to design a research paper in accordance with the requirements of the Methodological Regulations;
- analyzes foreign text, finding methodology errors and correcting them;
- practically knows how to present the results of research work using a sample (PPTX).
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law Science, TZNz | 1 | Bachelor’s | Required | Kitija Bite |
