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RESEARCH REPORT

By

ANEESH V. PILLAI

Faculty of Law

Hidayatullah National Law University


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It is an exposition of the question asked, thetechniques used to answer it and the answers

which were finally developed

The legal research report is the statement thatcontains in brief the procedure adopted and the

findings arrived at by the researcher of a legalproblem.


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According to American Marketing Society, thepurpose of a report is, to convey to the interestedpersons the whole result of the study in sufficientdetail and so arrange as to enable each reader tocomprehend the data and so determine for himself the

validity of conclusions


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y Dissemination

y Presents the conclusions for the information and

knowledge to others

y To check the validity of generalizations

y To encourage others to carry on research on thesame or allied problems


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y The Preliminary Matters;

y The Main Texts; and,

y

The End Matters.


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y Title Page

y Acknowldgement Page

y Preface or Forward

y Table of Contents

y Table of Cases

y List of Tables and Figures


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y Introduction

y

Body of the Report

y Summary and Conclusions


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y It is customary that to conclude the research reportwith a very brief summary

y More widely read so it should be clear and concise

y It includes a brief restatement of the problem(s), themain features of the methods, and the mostimportant findings

y The researcher briefly reviews the procedures,findings and entire development of the study


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y The conclusions are stated precisely and relateddirectly to the hypothesis that were tested. The

conclusions announce whether the findings of thestudy confirmed or disconfirmrd the hypotheses

y Result and Conclusions: Result is direct

observation, conclusion is an inferance based onresults


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y The Researcher may include briefly his ideas onthe implications of his findings and hisrecomendations for possible application of the

findings.

y He may also suggest any new questions forresearch that grew out of his study


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y The researcher has to give suggestions

y Research is undertaken with some objective

which is generally the solution for certainproblems So there has to be suggestions


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a) to acknowledge the source of a quotation, para-phrases or idea borrowed by the author;

b) to presnt explanatory statements, quotations orsupplimentary materials which though importantmay interfere with the flow of the textualmaterial, if included in the main body


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y Bibliography

y Appendix

y Index

y

Vita


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y Greek term, which means Book Writing

y The study and description of books

y No uniform method: Modern LanguageAssociation (MLA), American PsychologicalAssociation (APA)

y Blue Book


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y Name of theAuthor

y Title of the Book

y

PublishersAddress

y Year of the Publication

y Page Number


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y 1.Article from a Journal:

y Jindal UN, Gupta AN, Social problems of Infertile

Women in India, IntJ Fertil. 1989Jan-Feb;34(1):30-3.

y . Books:

y Faith Merino, Global Issues: Adoption andSurrogate Pregnancy, Facts on File Inc, InfoBasePublishing, West 31st Street, New York (2010)


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y 3. Website Material:

NiharikaTripathi, Infertility among Indian Women:

Emerging Evidence and Need for Policy Measures, p.1Available at

Visited on 10.3.2011


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y 4. Chapter in an Edited Book:

y Anjali Widge, Socio-cultural attitudes towards

Infertility and Assisted Reproduction in India, p.68, inEffy Vayena, Patrick J. Rowe and P. David Griffin (ed.)Current Practices and Controversies in AssistedReproduction, Report of a meeting on Medical,

Ethical and Social Aspects of Assisted Reproductionheld at WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland,1721 September 2001


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y 1. Book published by a single publisher:

y FREDERICK POLLOCK & FREDERIC WILLIAM

MAITLAND, THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LAW 205-06 (2d ed. 1911).

y 2. Book published in editions by multiplepublishers:

y

y CHARLES DICKENS, BLEAK HOUSE 49-55 (NormanPage ed., Penguin Books) (1853).


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y 3. Journal article:

y Charles A. Reich, The New Property, 73 YALE L.J. 733, 737-38(1964)

y 4. U.S. case:

y United States v. MacDonald, 531 F.2d 196, 199-200 (4th cir. 1976),rev'd, 435 U.S. 850 (1978).

y 5. U.K. case:

y R. v. Lockwood, (1872) 99 Eng. Rep. 379 (K.B.).


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y 6. Internet document:

y Elizabeth McNichol & Iris J. Lav, New Fiscal Year

Brings No Relief From Unprecedented State BudgetProblems, CTR. ON BUDGET & POLICY PRIORITIES,1 (Sept. 3, 2009), http://www.cbpp.org/9-8-08sfp.pdf.


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y Bibliography Vs. Footnote

y Original andActual source, Specific Source

y Only consulted and not used in Text and

Consulted Materials

y Bibliography Vs. References:

y

Referred and included in the Work

y Only consulted not included


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y Appendix

y The appendix contains pertinent materials that are not

important enough to be included in the body of thereport, but which may be of value to some readers

y Index

y Vita


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y Clarity of Thought

y Use of Concepts

y Careful Use of Terminology

y Clarification of Problem

y Method of Presentation

y Flow of Language

y Chapterisation of Report

y Inclusion of Essential Data

y Use of Footnotes

y Size of Report

y Authenticity


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THANK YOU

By

ANEESH V. PILLAI

Faculty of LawHidayatullah National Law University

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

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