没有研究经验？该怎么办？research proposal？

不论是你是申请the MJur, MPhil or PhD programmes，你的research proposal 通常应该包含以下内容：

1. Title

对于你的研究，给到一个暂时的题目，之后可以进行修改，如果你的申请被接收了的话

2. Abstract

需要有一个大致不超过100字的摘要告诉读者你的central question跟research methods

3. Research Context

简单介绍你的研究背景，概括当前的一些当前话题的争议或者知识点，这是展示你对当前你的研究话题有一定的了解。

4. Research Questions

需要花一些时间去思考的你的central questions &aims，你想要通过研究回答哪些key questions.

You might find it helpful to prioritize one or two main questions, from which you can then derive a number of secondary research questions.

5. Research Methods

The proposal should outline your research methods, explaining how you are going to conduct your research. Your methods may include visiting particular libraries or archives, field work or interviews. 你需要在你的proposal阐明你将要怎样进行你的research，是否是library-based, field work 还是interview.

If your proposed research is library-based, you should explain where your key resources (e.g. law reports, journal articles) are located (in the Law School’s library, Westlaw etc). If you plan to conduct field work or collect empirical data, you should provide details about this (e.g. if you plan interviews, who will you interview? How many interviews will you conduct? Will there be problems of access?).

此外你还应该阐明具体的调查步骤

6. Significance of Research

你的research proposal 应该解释清楚为什么你的研究是重要的以及你的研究是如何建立在现有知识的基础上的。

7. Bibliography

该research proposal所使用的文献list