• Assessment tasks Instructions:
Produce a literature review which critically analyses a legal issue of your choosing.
The following is a basic structure for the literature review:
1. Introduction
2. Body – headings and sub-headings
3. Conclusion
4. Bibliography
Where to Start:
You first select a topic
You then select your research question(s) accordingly
Remember: Topic ≠ research question
A good literature review evaluates a wide variety of sources (academic articles, scholarly books, government/NGO reports). It can also evaluate literature reviews that study similar topics.
When reviewing sources, be mindful of:
• Their authority: Who is the author? what is his/her credentials–what university he/she is affiliated? Is his/her area of expertise?
• Their usefulness: How this source related to your topic? How current or relevant it is to your topic?
• Their reliability: Does the information comes from a reliable, trusted source such as an academic journal?
