Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PUL 102 — Legal Methods II

4 units · PUL department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• appreciate the hierarchy and categories of sources of law
• illustrate basic knowledge in the use of various legal materials and resources
• identify basic knowledge in the way and style of legal writing; and
• familiarise themselves with the ethics of the legal profession , including dress codes and

Course contents

Sources of law – primary sources; statutory materials and judicial materials; secondary sources: books and pamphlets, letters, speeches, interviews, periodicals, and newspapers; foreign materials. Use of s ource materials – law library and legal research, indexing and identification of library materials, cases and citation of cases and reports; opinions; analysis and note-taking; use of authorities in legal argument and legal writing . O nline research methods. Legal writing – methods and approaches in essay writing; styles of writing; analysis of social and legal issues and application of legal rules; division of topics into chapters, sections and subsections. Professional ethics, and regulation of the legal profession. 33

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PUL 102.

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