Exploring legal meaning

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• Certificate

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This module explores a range of legal research methods which offer different approaches to and perspectives on legal meaning – the place and meaning of law in the modern world. The methods covered are doctrinal, historical, comparative, socio-legal, critical, feminist and transnational. For each one, a case study is used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of that particular approach or perspective. The examples range from areas such as the debate surrounding children's criminal responsibility to the role of the media in the family courts and measures to tackle international corruption.