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Objectives

- upon completion of the curricular unit, the student will have:
- refined the analytical and argumentative skills acquired during the master program
- deepened the knowledge of a legal topic of personal interest
- developed independent research skills
- practice oral presentation and argumentation skills

General characterization

Code

50003

Credits

30

Responsible teacher

Available soon

Hours

Weekly - 0

Total - 0

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

Not Applicable

Bibliography

P Cserne and F Esposito, Economics in Legal Reasoning, Palgrave 2020
JC Dernbacg et al., A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method, 7th Edition, Wolters Kluwer 2021
S Hanson, Legal Method and Reasoning, 2nd Edition, Cavendish Publishing 2003
L Kestemont, Handbook on Legal Methodology: From Objective to Method, Intersentia 2018
L Lammasniemi, Law Dissertations: A Step-by-Step Guide, Routledge 2018
M McConville and W Hong Chui, (eds), Research Methods for Law, 2nd Edition, Edinburgh University Press 2017
I McLeod, Legal Method, 9th Edition, Palgrave 2013
M Salter and J Mason, Writing Law Dissertations: An Introduction and Guide to the Conduct of Legal Research, Longman 2012
JM Smits, The Mind and Method of the Legal Academic, Edward Elgar 2012
M Van Hoeck (ed), Methodologies of Legal Research: Which Kind of Method for What Kind of Discipline?Hart 2011
BMJ van Klink, Law and Method. Interdisciplinary Research into Law, Mohr Siebeck2011
 

Teaching method

Public defense. The defense shall begin with the candidate being given the opportunity to present the essence of the thesis for a period of approximately 7 minutes. Then, the student will have a maximum of 30 minutes of discussion by one of the members of the jury, excluding the supervisor(s), for a maximum period of 30 minutes. The student will then have a period of the same duration to answer the criticisms of the examiner. At the end of the discussion, the jury will meet and will make the final decision.

Evaluation method

The panel of the defense will be composed of three members, appointed by the scientific board, always including the supervisor. In case of joint supervision, both supervisors will integrate the jury, which will have four members. The president shall be the highest ranked member of those who belong to the Faculty staff; if they are of equal rank, the oldest member shall act as president. The president shall have the casting vote.

The defense shall begin with the candidate being given the opportunity to present the essence of the thesis for a period of approximately 7 minutes. Then, the student will have a maximum of 30 minutes of discussion by one of the members of the jury, excluding the supervisor(s), for a maximum period of 30 minutes. The student will then have a period of the same duration to answer the criticisms of the examiner. At the end of the discussion, the jury will meet and will make the final decision.

Subject matter

The student chooses a topic to investigate, in consultation with the supervisor. The resulting thesis will identify a gap in the literature and propose how to fill it; to this end, the student will take into account the relevant (national and, where appropriate, foreign, EU and international) legal and policy materials, including academic literature.

The supervisor or supervisors should effectively guide the research, keeping regular contact with the student so as to promote the progress of the work and the quality of the results. The work may not exceed 200,000 characters of text, including notes and spaces, and may contain a maximum of 25 pages of maps, graphs, images, etc.