課程資訊
課程名稱
英文法律期刊編輯與論文寫作
Legal Journal Editing and Legal Thesis Writing 
開課學期
112-1 
授課對象
法律學院  法律研究所  
授課教師
林仁光 
課號
LAW5149 
課程識別碼
A21 U5290 
班次
 
學分
2.0 
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期一8,9(15:30~17:20) 
上課地點
霖研四1701 
備註
限碩士班以上 且 限法律學院學生(含輔系、雙修生)
總人數上限:15人 
 
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課程概述

This course is specifically for the English Law Journal Editors and those who are interested to become an editor in our English Law Journal and possibly when you go to the US law schoos. Students will learn how to edit a law review article. Bluebooking and reference checking and other editing skills will be introduced. These skills can be applied to your thesis writing. Additionally, research and thesis writing is the focus of this course. Students will learn the process of thesis writing, including drafting a proposal, doing research, deciding topic of your thesis and incorporating the editing skill into writing. Students will have opportunity of group learning as well as one-on-one or one-on-two interview. All the course material, assignment could be in English but course instruction will be in Mandarin. Students will also learn the importance and rules of academic ethics and to avoid academic misconducts. 

課程目標
Students will learn the concept and process of law journal editing. You will also learn the role and the life of a law journal editor. Through the semester, students will acquire the skill of editing a law journal article and the skill toward english article writing. At the end of semester, students will have an opportunity to present their research paper. Presentation skill is also an important part for a jurist. 
課程要求
Students are required to attend the lectures to learn the skill of law journal editing. The second part of this course is thesis writing. Each student will learn how to decide a thesis title, table of contents, research skill, and face-to-fact couching on legal writing. At the end of semester is show time for presenting your research paper and submitting your final paper. The grading of this course is mainly based upon your participation and the excellence of your research paper, including the correctness of your citations. 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
另約時間 
指定閱讀
Attached to the course contents. 
參考書目
 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
 
No.
項目
百分比
說明
1. 
Thesis Writing 
60% 
Excellence and your legal writing, including the correctness of your citations. 
2. 
Class Participation 
40% 
Participation, including attendance, responses, interactions, throughout the course. 
 
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
  課程介紹  
第2週
  Library Tour 
第3週
  Library Tour II & 選定論文題目訓練 
第4週
  學術倫理/Studying at a US Law School 
第5週
  英文期刊編輯實務簡介 Cite Checking & Bluebooking 
第6週
  Westlaw搜尋練習(請攜帶筆記型電腦)  
第7週
  法律論文寫作--題目訂定 
第8週
  論文大綱第一版 
第9週
  論文大綱第二版 
第10週
  Research & Writing(自行) 
第11週
  論文寫作個別指導(每週3-4人,以小組為單位一起上課) 
第12週
  論文寫作個別指導(每週3-4人,以小組為單位一起上課) 
第13週
  論文寫作個別指導(每週3-4人,以小組為單位一起上課) 
第14週
  論文寫作個別指導(每週3-4人,以小組為單位一起上課) 
第15週
  期末論文發表(請準時)每人報告時間預計5-6分鐘(視人數調整,規定時間不得超過,不使用投影片)
論文繳交  
第16週
  繳交論文下午5:30前