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Module Specifications
Archived Version 2021 - 2022
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Description The module serves as a general methodology module for the Masters in European Law and Public Policy. It covers the main methodological approaches to law and to public policy and the intersection between these two fields. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Acquire knowledge about academic legal research and the diverse approaches towards legal investigation and analysis including comparative, socio-legal, law and economics and critical legal approaches 2. Locate and access legal data, particularly EU legal databases and resources 3. Critically evaluate in writing and orally methodologies employed in legal and public policy research. 4. Adopt and adapt a particular methodology or combination of methodologies to both small and large research projects in the fields of law and public policy 5. Be able to integrate legal analysis in public policy design and public policy questions into legal analysis through an inter-disciplinary approach. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Learning Activities Introduction: Theory, Methods and InterdisciplinarityA general overview of the role of theory and methods in social sciences in general and in relation to law and public policy in particular. General guidelines on how (not) to formulate a research question.Legal Positivism and RealismAn overview of positivist and realist approaches to law, including questions of legal interpretation and adjudication.An Introduction to Critical Legal StudiesAn introduction to Critical Legal Studies with a particular emphasis on alternatives to positivist theories of legal interpretation and their implications for the ways in which research questions are framed.Feminist, Queer and Critical Race PerspectivesA session exploring feminist, queer and critical race perspectives with a particular emphasis on the ways in which these questions can be integrated in legal research.Law and EconomicsAn overview of the law and economics school and its approach to law and regulation.Socio-Legal Studies and Comparative LawAn overview of the questions explored by socio-legal studies and comparative law, including their relationship to social theory.Methodology and EU LawA session dedicated to the specific questions raised by EU law and EU legal scholarship including methodological aspects and shifts.Law and GovernanceA session exploring the ways in which law can be approached as part of various forms and techniques of transnational governance, including European sites of governance.Methodologies in Policy Research: Quantitative ApproachesA session introducing students to the application of social scientific inquiry to public policy analysis with a particular emphasis on quantitative approaches.Qualitative Approaches and Critical Policy StudiesA session introducing students to qualitative approaches to policy research, including interpretation, and examining the ways in which questions are framed in critical policy studies. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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