FACULTY OF LAW
GUIDELINES FOR MINOR DISSERTATION/RESEARCH PAPERS
LLM and MPhil by Coursework and Minor Dissertation
Postgraduate Diploma
CONTENTS
What is expected of a minor dissertation/research paper? ..................................... 2
Finding a supervisor ................................................................................................ 2
Expectations ........................................................................................................... 3
Responsibilities of the student ................................................................................ 3
Responsibilities of the supervisor ........................................................................... 5
Conflict resolution ................................................................................................... 8
Publication and copyright ........................................................................................ 9
Plagiarism in postgraduate research…................................................................... 10
Research ethics relating to research on human subjects ....................................... 10
Language policy ...................................................................................................... 12
Postgraduate Writing Centre.................................................................................... 12
Guidelines on the format of the minor dissertation/research paper ........................ 13
Guidelines on language style ................................................................................. 13
Submission of minor dissertation/research paper ................................................. 14
Contacts in the Law Faculty .................................................................................... 16
Appendices
Application for Ethics Clearance for Research involving human participants (A1)18
Memorandum of