MA Dissertation in Law

The purpose of the Dissertation is to enable students to demonstrate their capacity to carry out a substantial piece of independent academic research on a selected topic.

Students will be assessed on their capacity to;

• define a topic for examination;
• articulate a coherent scheme for examining this topic;
• gather the necessary information;
• analyse and present this information in a way which satisfactorily assesses the topic which they have set themselves.

Note:

• There must be a member of SOAS staff competent and willing to supervise the topic, and available at the times when supervisions are required.
• Students cannot expect supervisors to be necessarily available over the summer.

Workload

Students are required to attend research and writing skills sessions over the academic year.

Method of assessment

• Dissertation: 100% (12,000 words due in September). Note: different regulations apply to dissertations for LLM students.

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