Master's Dissertation
Code: 42995 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 4313781 Enterprise Law | OB | 0 |
Contact
- Name:
- Eliseo Sierra Noguero
- Email:
- eliseo.sierra@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
You can view this information at the end of this document.
Prerequisites
There are no previous requirements.
Objectives and Contextualisation
To show a special knowledge of the sources of legal research through the completion of a Master's degree project on a specific topic, under the direction of a tutor / a
Competences
- Analyse and write legal texts related to business activity in all relevant areas: commerce, employment, taxation etc.
- Analyse, synthesise, organise and plan projects related to business law.
- Apply public speaking, persuasive communication and negotiation techniques in the field of business law.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Seek out information in the scientific literature using appropriate channels, and use this information to formulate and contextualise a research topic in business law.
- Seek out, interpret and apply legal provisions related to tax, employment or penal matters within corporate activity, and any others in which a legal solution is needed for situations arising in the business context.
- Show expertise in research techniques to obtain information on corporate law.
- Use legal terminology and reasoned argument to support research results in the context of scientific production in business law.
- Work in a team to create synergies in the workplace, in a coordinated, cooperative fashion.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply legal provisions on business law when conducting a rigorous legal investigation.
- Apply suitable negotiation techniques to solve problems formulated in the master's dissertation.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Consult case law databases for the master's dissertation.
- Design and write a master's dissertation on issues in business law.
- Distinguish and interrelate matters of commerce, employment, taxation and other aspects of business in the master's dissertation.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Seek out information in the scientific literature using appropriate channels, and use this information to formulate and contextualise a research topic in business law.
- Use digital resources to obtain bibliographic sources for the master's dissertation.
- Use legal terminology and reasoned argument to support research results in the context of scientific production in business law.
- Use public speaking and persuasive communication techniques when defending the master's dissertation.
- Work in a team to create synergies in the workplace, in a coordinated, cooperative fashion.
Content
This module introduces the student in the legal research on a specific topic of Business Law,
from the perspective of private or public law. Student carries out a research of bibliography, case law,
on line resources and so on, to present publicly a Master's degree project before a commission.
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Personal study | 150 | 6 | 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 12, 9, 11, 10 |
To carry out the Master’s dissertation (TFM), the student has:
A specific subject of Legal Research Methodology, compulsory follow-up, which is taken at the beginning of the academic year, to teach you research techniques.
A follow-up in tutorials every 3 weeks with the module coordinator throughout the academic year, to control methodological issues or in the form of scientific research. Decides 25% of the grade.
A periodic check with your director for substantive issues, always an expert in the field of knowledge, who can advise you on specific issues that complement the module coordinator. Puts 50% of the final grade.
A tribunal made up of three professors for their evaluation, ensuring that they are never the director of the TFM, and guaranteeing that they have specific knowledge on the branch of knowledge of each TFM. Adds the other 25% of the final grade of the module.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark of the commission which assess the Master's degree project | 25% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 12, 9, 11, 10 |
| Mark of the coordinator of the module | 25% | 0 | 0 | 1, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 12, 9, 11, 10 |
| Mark of the director of the Master's degree project | 50% | 0 | 0 | 1, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 12, 9, 11, 10 |
The evaluation of the subject will be carried out through the public defense of the Master's dissertation. The final grade of the module results from the following percentages:
- Director's rating: 50%
- Court note: 25%
- Note from the module coordinator: 25%
Once the evaluation has been communicated, a review may be requested so that the Professor explains to the student the applied criteria (art. 114.3 UAB academic regulations), without prejudice to the student's rights to challenge the grade.
The date of the public defense is scheduled in the exam calendar of the Faculty.
The scheduling of the evaluation tests cannot be modified, unless there is an exceptional and duly justified reason why an evaluation act cannot be carried out. In this case, the people responsible for the degrees, after consulting the teachers and the affected students, will propose a new schedule within the corresponding school period (art. 115.1 Calendar of evaluation activities, UAB Academic Regulations)
It will be considered that a student who participates in any of the continuous evaluation activities will no longer be eligible for a “non-evaluable” status.
This subject/module does not provide for a single evaluation system.
Bibliography
GHERSI, Carlos Alberto, Metodología de la investigación en Ciencias Jurídicas, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, 2013.
BAELO ÁLVAREZ, Manuel, Metodología de investigación en ciencias sociales y jurídicas, Tirant, Valencia, 2019.
BELL, Judith, Cómo hacer tu primer trabajo de investigación. Guía para investigadores en educación y ciencias sociales (trad. de R. FILELLA), Gedisa Ed., Barcelona, 2005.
BLAXTER, Loraine, HUGHES, Christine., TIGHT, Malcolm, Cómo se hace una investigación (trad. de G. VENTUREIRA), 2ª reimp., Gedisa Ed., Barcelona, 2002.
CID, Pilar, PERPINYA, Remei, Cómo y dónde buscar fuentes de información. Servei de Publicacions de la UAB, Bellaterra, 2013.
ECO, Umberto, Cómo se hace una tesis, 1ª reimp., Gedisa Ed., México, 2004.
MÉNDEZ COCA, David y MÉNDEZ COCA, Miriam, Iniciarse en la metodología de la investigación. Materiales e ideas para investigar en Ciencias Sociales, Editorial CCS, Madrid, 2020.
Software
The subject does not need any specific software.
Language list
Information on the teaching languages can be checked on the CONTENTS section of the guide.