Research Methodology in Legislative Darfting

1. Identify and apply different research methodologies in legislative drafting.
2. Analyze and evaluate research proposals effectively.
3. Understand and address ethical issues in legal research.
4. Identify and utilize appropriate research tools for legislative research.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of the legislative process and the role of research within it.

13 weeks, about 58 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Planning Research

   • Unit 1: Types of Research · 3 hours

     Read the introduction to understand the nature and types of research.. Identify the main typologies of research and their broad characteristics.. Recognize the utility of each research type and determine the preferable method in a given situation..

   • Unit 2: Objectives and Goals of Research · 3 hours

     Examine the purposes for which research is carried out.. Familiarize yourself with the various objectives that motivate research studies.. Set research goals and work out plans for their actualization..

2. Week 2Module 1: Planning Research

   • Unit 3: Analysis of Research Proposal · 3 hours

     Focus on how to choose a research topic and approach its study.. Deduce from major propositions, minor rationalizations that can form the bases of further studies.. Analyze the research topic and choose a theme..

   • Unit 4: Constraints in Planning Research · 3 hours

     Understand the various infrastructural and technical problems encountered in research work.. Devise remedial or alternative measures that reduce their negative impact on your research.. Identify challenges faced in studies..

3. Week 3Module 2: Research Methods

   • Unit 1: Methodology in Research · 4 hours

     Consider the techniques and ways of carrying out different kinds of research.. Identify the various methods used in research generally.. Organize research around a chosen theme and appreciate research methodology..

4. Week 4Module 2: Research Methods

   • Unit 2: Tools of Research · 4 hours

     Learn about the tools of legal research.. Identify the wide range of tools available to the legal researcher.. Highlight the advantages and disadvantages of each tool..

5. Week 5Module 2: Research Methods

   • Unit 3: Evaluation and Analysis · 4 hours

     Deepen knowledge about the tools of legal research by learning where and how to locate them.. Locate the wide range of tools available to the legal researcher.. Highlight the importance of analysis and revision of the initial research hypothesis..

6. Week 6Module 2: Research Methods

   • Unit 4: The Research Report · 4 hours

     Examine the means by which the research effort is brought to the knowledge of a third party.. Explain the process of recording and presenting the research findings to a third party.. Understand style and appreciate also the need to convey ideas in objective and lucid manner..

7. Week 7Module 2: Research Methods

   • Unit 5: Ethical Issues in Legal Research · 4 hours

     Explain the ethical rules and principles of legal research.. Explain why the process of conducting and recording research studies is subject to codes of ethics.. Familiarize yourself with ethics of legal research and writing..

8. Week 8Module 3: Researching Legislative Proposals

   • Unit 1: Sources of Legislation · 4 hours

     Learn about where legislation is derived.. Recognize the dynamism of legal transformation of ideas from proposals or research findings to legislation.. Assume the role of a catalyst in the law making process by being more sensitive to the impact of research on the legal framework..

9. Week 9Module 3: Researching Legislative Proposals

   • Unit 2: Objectives of Researching Legislation · 4 hours

     Familiarize yourself with the significance of researching and analyzing legislative proposals.. Appreciate the complementary roles of the legislator, legislative counsel and legal analyst in the process of law making.. Understand the reasons for undertaking research in general terms..

10. Week 10Module 3: Researching Legislative Proposals

    • Unit 3: Classification of Legislation · 4 hours

      Determine the legislative format that best suits a particular situation or challenge.. Identify and discuss the various categories and forms of legislation.. Enhance the ability to determine the nature and procedure that legislative proposals will conform with in the legislative process..

11. Week 11Module 3: Researching Legislative Proposals

    • Unit 4: Tools of Legislative Research · 4 hours

      Identify the main tools of legislative research.. Place particular emphasis on those tools that deal exclusively with legislative material.. Understand the tools used are a combination of primary and secondary tools..

12. Week 12Module 3: Researching Legislative Proposals

    • Unit 5: Constraints · 4 hours

      Explain the limitations that confront researchers in Nigeria in relation to legislative issues.. Equip the readers with the skills that are needed to overcome these challenges where appropriate.. Understand the problems stem also from avoidable mistakes of researchers..

13. Week 13Module 3: Researching Legislative Proposals

    • Final Revision · 6 hours

      Review all modules and units.. Revise all self-assessment exercises.. Prepare for final examination..