The Body

in the Li

brary

Identify the Body and Cordon off the Crime Scene

• Read the question to find out what you need to research

• And to find out the LIMITS of your research– What you do not need to include– The word limit

Autopsy• What is it asking me?

– break it down into…• The constituent parts

– WHO is the audience– WHAT you actually have to do, i.e.

READ the Question

– What do you already know?• Lectures• Tutorials• Reading

“With ref to scholarly research and law discuss current issues in infringement of Intellectual

Property rights with relation to the colour of infringed items (2000

words)”Identity: Intellectual Property, infringement, colourLimits: Colour (NOT design, words etc), 2000 words - not

a dissertation! Ref law and researchAutopsy: Audience = essay, DISCUSS - find what the

current issues are and how they interact, how they have developed, controversy, resolution of them, your opinion

What do I know: look back on IP lectures, did they mention colour, what about infringement?, key legislation and cases?

Collect Evidence

Survey the crime scene

Who witnessed the crime? Are there any fingerprints?

Interview the witnesses

What did they see?

Take witnesses’ fingerprints

Commentary/Secondary Sources

Primary Sources:LAW

Appeal for Witnesses

• What are the facts of the case?• What words in the appeal would catch their

eye?• What witnesses do you want?• How long ago were they around?• Have any other witnesses seen them?

Finding the Witness

• Keywords:– Synonyms– Mindmap?– Readings will inspire you– Too general = too much– Too specific = not enough

• Connectors• Jurisdiction• Legal terminology

Lecture note – what is referred to thereSet textsOther books in the library

Books = general, Chapters = specific

Sources that they refer toEncyclopaediasSpecialist worksJournal ArticlesRECENT casesLegislation

“…Intellectual Property rights with relation to the colour of…”

Key terms from readingSubject/keyword cf free textJust randomly typing – not a good plan…

Why?

Interviewing the Witnesses• What are their key arguments?• Who else did they see?

– References to other sources

• Do you need an interpreter?– Dictionary/encyclopaedia

• Do they have an alibi?– Has anyone referred to them?

• Fingerprint them

The

interrogatio

n

Evaluating the Witness Statements

• Are they an expert witness?

• Were they telling the truth?• Do they know what they are talking about?

– Authority, scholarly

• Are they relevant?

Is this source any good?

• Who– Author: expert, scholarly, some bloke ?

• Why– Audience/aim of piece

• Where– Jurisdiction and publication: journal, magazine,

book…• When

– How old is it? Has anything changed?

Google v Databases

• Who writes on the internet?

Google v Databases

• Who writes on the internet?• On all subjects• Unedited• Load of bull

• Edited• Authoritative• Scholarly• One subject

Is this website any good?

• Who wrote it• Suffix• What is its purpose• How old is it?• Where is it from?

What if you don’t understand the witness

• Re-interview• Read alternative sources

Prepare the Charge Street

• Organise the evidence and your arguments• FINGER PRINTS