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LAWS1024: Legal Research
2025 unit information
This is a compulsory unit assessed on a Pass/Fail basis. The aim of the unit is to introduce students to finding and citing primary and secondary legal materials, to legal research techniques, and to electronic databases that students will continue to use throughout the degree. This unit provides the foundation for one of the Learning Outcomes of the degree as a whole: students will learn to skilfully access, synthesise, utilise and manage information through effective legal research strategies and responsible use of appropriate resources, tools, digital and other media.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Law School
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Law |
| Credit points | 0 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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LAWS1013 or LAWS1019 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand a range of important primary and secondary sources of law
- LO2. find and analyse primary and secondary legal sources using a variety of legal research aids, especially online legal databases
- LO3. demonstrate and apply efficient and effective legal research methods, including advanced Boolean searching techniques.
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2024
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Online | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2024
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Online | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2025
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Online | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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