Samoan Law/US Law/Fijiian law
Give accurate quotes ie not too long or irrelevant. Answer the question. Don’t change your mind. Get the gender of the judges right. Show knowledge of legal concepts. Give detailed
examination of law. Identify the correct law. Identify the correct issues. Show an understanding of why law discussed is suitable/relevant. Discuss policy issues.
Make sure the case law is relevant to the point being made. Don’t use Wikipedia/Google. Get the law right. Make sure the cases link to the question. Grasp the principles of law. Consider relevant
alternatives when looking at options. Make sure your quotes are accurate. Plan, draft, redraft and proof read and have a tea break between drafts. Make sure the law you are considering is
relevant. Make sure it relates to your argument. Don’t go off on a tangent. Know what the current law is. Actually answer the question and stick to the question. Don’t use irrelevant material.
Include cases/journal article quotes to support your argument and make sure they are relevant and match the issues. Focus on the issues that need to be identified.
Argument
Don’t sit on the fence. Make the argument in the introduction. Always back up with sources. Be clear and concise. Don’t use Google. Use Westlaw, Heinonline, Lexis Nexis etc. Use Journals. Give an
organised argument focused on key points. Keep a golden thread of argument. Use an introduction and conclusion. Show Set out what you intend to argue and how you intend to answer it in the
introduction. Consider reform. Consider the Law Commission. Identify problems/gaps in the law and understanding why this is so and how it affects cases, society etc. Discuss policy issues.
Show you understand what you are saying.
Make sure you come to a clear conclusion. Give an organised argument focused on key points. Don’t contradict yourself. Make sure your paragraphs aren’t too long. Make sure your work is easy
to follow. Don’t waffle on. Give a coherent, well written, strong, clear argument. Finish one argument before starting another. Plan your answer and don’t waste words. Sign post your arguments
to the reader and ensure conclusions match the arguments given. Tackle cases chronologically. Arguments should not contradict each other. Use cases as evidence. Use clear paragraphs. May
use subheadings. Use good arguments and be consistent about them rather than jumping from different paragraphs – put each in different paragraphs. Refer to the cases. Aim for right word limit
instead of cutting back. Don’t make random or absurd statements without evidence or thought.
[A lot of you seemed to write ‘put arguments for and against’ – consider whether you are just doing this mechanistically because you think you ought to – don’t just do this for the sake of it,
really think about whether a counter-opinion is relevant and necessary – BC]
Research
Show good use of academic literature. Demonstrate a wide range of resources with detailed references. Go beyond the essential reading. Consider professional academic opinion. Use more than
one source. Use peer-reviewed articles/sources. Find sources related to the topic given. Show evidence of use through referencing.
Use only tort cases. Use quotes. Show you’ve gone beyond the given materials. Examples of cases should be referenced and show how they are relevant to the question. Use relevant judgments
from cases. Don’t use Wikipedia. Read the whole case and not just the summary in books. Use references. Follow OSCOLA. Show knowledge of relevant cases. Be careful of plagiarism. Use
necessary sources such as Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw etc. Stick to the word count. Avoid contractions such as can’t, won’t. Avoid informal/colloquial language. Use punctuation correctly. Don’t
forget about the bibliography.
[A lot of you simply put ‘statutes and cases’ here. Cases, yes; statutes, are there any in the area? Journals are key!! Remember also that research needs to be evidenced – we are looking for
references to the cases and evidence that you have actually read them as opposed to the summaries in the textbook. With journal articles, don’t just include quotes for the sake of it or as
‘stand alone’ sentences. Research skills are important here – don’t just put terms into Wikipedia or you’ll get Samoan Law/US Law/Fijiian law without realising it. Really think about why you are
including stuff – it’s not necessarily quantity but quality we are looking for. For some of you, your feedback clearly indicated you hadn’t looked at the OSCOLA guidance or Biblio Bootcamp – I
suggest you do before the start of your work! BC]
Presentation
Use good English. Proof read. Include page numbers in references. Follow OSCOLA. Order bibliography correctly following OSCOLA. Use paragraphs correctly. Follow the OSCOLA referencing
system all the way through the work. Use footnotes. Double space. Can use subtitles. Use a consistent format. Spell check. Proof read. Slang words are disastrous. Use formal English. Use font
size 12. Use proper sentences/proper sentence structure. Reference correctly. Don’t plagiarise. Fully justify the text. Ensure work is set out in a way which is simple to read, well written and a
flowing piece of work.
[Some of you seemed to think presentation was self-explanatory. If it was, then you should have had no trouble rephrasing these criteria. Some of you are already asking me which sort of quote
marks to use and whether you are to use Harvard or not – I have already advised on this matter and will not repeat myself – there’s only so much I can do (or should do) here! You have to be able
to follow the advice given! In my experience, many students struggle with presentation due to a lack of attention to detail and a failure to read and follow precisely the advice – marks are
compromised as a result. Let’s hope this applies to none of you…I did hear mention of padding out the bibliography with stuff that hadn’t been read or used in the work. My advice is that this is
pointless and will gain you no further marks – it won’t be evidence of the use of research if it isn’t used! Note that there is no need to separate bibliography by type of source, plus cases /
statutes are not included in the bibliography. BC]
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