FASS Law Student Thesis Format
FASS Law Student Thesis Format
ii. Hypothesis (After extensive literature survey, researcher, in the light of the
survey, has to re-phrase or reformulate his statement of problem, if necessary. A
statement of problem, depending upon research goals and the nature of inquiry
involved, may take form of either a mere statement or a proposition indicating
possible relationship between two or more variables or concepts, the validity of
which is unknown in the beginning. Such a proposition is known as hypothesis.)
iii. Rationale of the Study (Why are you proposing this study? What is the
relevance of this study to you as a student and in your future career? What
contributions it can give to the Department of Law or to the University as a
whole?)
iv. Limitation of the Study (The Limitation in research is something that is beyond
the control of the researcher. Identify major limitations and provide response on
how the study that you will conduct will address each limitation.)
b) Statement of the Problem: The problem statement is concise, includes a
description and informs the reader of the exact purpose of the study. Consider the
following five elements while clearly specifying the problem or purpose of the
research:
i. The topic and the research problem (the concerned issue).
ii. Evidence of the existence of the issue and justification of the importance of the
problem as found in the past research and the research in practice. (You
should have included a discussion in detail in the Literature review segment
about the past literature. Therefore, here you just need to highlight the gaps in
the literature using 1-2 lines from some of the most important literature.)
iii. Give an indication of what research has been done in the past.
iv. The deficiencies in the existing knowledge about the problem. (Identify the gap
in the literature.)
c) Scope & significance of the Study: Identify the theoretical and practical
significance of the research. Remember, in the introduction and statement of the
problem parts, you have shared that, there are research problems or gaps in the
literature. Describe the significance of your proposed research to fill up that gap. State
what study will contribute and who may be benefited from the findings of your thesis.
Moreover, speculate on implications of anticipated findings.
d) Objectives of the Study: Objectives should have a reflection in the title of the
Thesis/Research. And, looking at the objectives, one should guess about the research
questions. This may vary from discipline to discipline i.e., from law to social science,
science to humanities, etc.
f) Methodology of the Study: In many legal research, theory is seen as the principle,
method is seen as the application and methodology is seen as the data collection and
data analysis techniques/tools. Describe and justify the methodology, design of
research, data collection methods and data analysis method to be adopted in the
study. To do so, remember to mention these five things- (a) define your data, (b) how
will you collect the data, (c) how will you analyze the data, (d) how will you ensure the
validity and reliability of your research data and findings, (e) how will you share your
research finding i.e., descriptive, or analytical manner, etc. This section also contains
the method the students will apply in the study (qualitative/quantitative or doctrinal).
b) The thesis should be written in English, in ‘Times New Roman’ font while the
font size is 12 and the space is 1.5 in between lines.
i. List of Abbreviation
j. Table of Contents
Form – OPA02
Thesis
on
“Title”
Supervised By:
“Name of the Supervisor”
“Academic Rank e.g. Lecturer/Assistant Professor/
Associate Professor/ Professor”
Submitted By:
“Name of the Student”
“ID #”
“Title”
Letter of Endorsement
“Name”
Rank
Internship Supervisor
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Certificate of Approval
This is to certify that, --- bearing ID no. ---- in the LL.B. (Honors) program in --- batch is a regular student
of the Department of Law, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB). He/She has
successfully completed his/her research on ---- and prepared this paper under the direct supervision of
--, ---, Department of Law, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB). I think that this thesis is
worthy of fulfilling the partial requirements to achieve the LL.B. (Honors) degree.
.………………………………. ………………………………...
Dean Advisor
Faculty of Arts and Social Science Department of Law
American International University-Bangladesh American International University-Bangladesh
.………………………………. .………………………………...
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Declaration
This is ----- bearing ID no. ---- is a student of the Department of Law in American
International University-Bangladesh (AIUB). I hereby announce that, this thesis paper
is the outcome of my rigorous research work, and it is completed by myself under the
supervision of ----- Department of Law, American International University-Bangladesh
(AIUB). I hereby also declare that, this thesis paper or any part of it has never been
submitted anywhere for the purpose of achieving any degree.
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