Dissertation writing for diploma course

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Dissertation writing for diploma course

• Nandimath Omprakash V,
• Associate Professor Coordinator,
• Distance Education Department,
• National Law School of India University,
• BANGALORE-560 072.

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Project in context

• The teaching methods adopted (in National Law
  School) for the degree programme are such as to
  promote multi-disciplinary inquiry and practical
  appreciation of problems. The method of teaching
  involves lecture, discussions, case studies, moot
  courts and project work

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The objective of writing project

• Help the scholar to study independently
• Study to explore an area independently
• Sharpen the writing and presentation skills
• To promote practical appreciation of the problems

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What is my check-list?
Select your topic
Consult some sources to pileup/gather information
Improve understanding of the topic/issues involved
WELCOME TO CONSULT THE FACULTY
OR Take help from your senior friend in the field
Start full-fledged research, writing submission
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Stages of research writing
Identification of relevant literature/data
Reading/taking notes/arranging/retrieval
Analysis of the data against the theme/writing
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skills necessary for research writing
Analysis of the data collected
Classify the arguments in coherent fashion
articulation in intelligible way
Knowledge/adherence to academic/scholarly
conventions while writing
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What are going to be my sources?
LIBRARY
COURSE FACULTY
SPECIALIST
RESEARCH CENTRE
FIELD STUDY
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What are going to be my sources?
LIBRARY
COURSE TEACHER

• Basic text books in the area
• Reporters for decisional law
• Journals articles
• Other books focused inputs
• Research works PhD, LL.D
• Reports Govt. Int. agencies
• Electronic data base CDs
• Internet
• LEXIS. COM
• West Law
• Manupatra
• Others

SPECIALIST TEACHER
RESEARCH CENTRE
FIELD STUDY
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What are going to be my sources?
LIBRARY

• Centre for Child and Law
• Centre for Women and Law
• Centre for Environmental Law
• Education, Research Advocacy
• Centre for Intellectual Property
• Centre for Outreach Programme
• Int. Bar Association Continuing
• Legal Education Centre
• National Institute of Human Rights
• National Institute for ADR
• The Institute of law Ethics in
• Medicine

COURSE TEACHER
SPECIALIST TEACHER
RESEARCH CENTRE
FIELD STUDY
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Scrutiny and analysis of literature/data

• Scrutiny basically includes careful reading and
  taking notes
• All drawn notes are to be organized so as to
  retrieve finally to facilitate your writing
• You can use universally accepted tools for this
• Note cards
• Specialized software
• DOS
• ScholarAid

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note-card - sample
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Table of Contents
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Table of Cases
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Table of Statute used
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Introduction (window to the research work)
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Research Methodology
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Main body of the project
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Conclusions/research findings/suggestions
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Bibliography
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Facing sheet
Title of the project
Name, reg. no. and year of enrolment of The
scholar
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Table of contents
topics
Page No.
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Table of cases
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Table of statutes
Statutes arranged in alphabetical order
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Bibliography
books
articles
miscellaneous
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Research methodology

• Aims and objectives of the research work
• Scope and limitations
• Hypothesis/Research Questions
• Classification details and Chapterization
• Research Methodology/Writing style
• Sources of data
• Primary and secondary

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Main-body of the project

• Suitably divided into several chapter
• Ideal length about 60 to 80 pages (A4)
• About 5 to 8 chapters

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Conclusions

• The end of the project
• Suggest research findings
• Or other conventional method

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Illustrations common citation forms
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Book by one author
Title of the book
author
Publisher year of publication
Skegg, PDG, Law, Ethics and Medicine 110,
(Oxford Clarendon,1984)
Citing page number
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Book by more than one author
Title of the book
Author of the book
Harris D J, Boyle M O and Warbrick C, Law of the
European Convention on Human Rights 501 (London
Butterworths, 1995)
Citing page no.
Publisher and year
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Edited book with collection of articles
Page No.
Title of the book
Publisher and year
Oxford Essays in Jurisprudence, 21 (Jeremy
Horder ed., Oxford University Press, 2000)
Editor of the book
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Periodical material
Name of the article
Volume No.
author
Hare, RM, The Philosophical Basis of
Psychiatric Ethics, 5(2) Journal of Medicine and
Ethics 260, 265 (1993)
Name of the journal
Starting Page No. Of the article
Issue No.
Citing page
Year of publication
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News magazines and papers
Name of the author
Date of publication
Articles name
Padma Seth, Women Still Waiting, The Times of
India, July 27, 1998, at 10
News paper
Page number
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CD-ROMs
Law, Encyclopedia of Britannica (CD-ROM) (New
York Britannica Corp., 1991)
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Internet books
Title of the book
Author of the book
Third World Network, Biosafety, Patents and
Biopiracy, http//www.twnside.org.sg/couth/twn/tit
le/braz-cn.htm (June 15, 1999)
URL address
Date of visit to the site
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Thanks very much

• Questions
• Clarifications
• Suggestions for improvement

Email ovnandimath_at_nls.ac.in