M.Phil. - in the Faculty of Laws

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L.N. ISS of 1997

ED UCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye·Laws of 1997 for the Degree of Master of Philosophy

- M.Phil. - in the Faculty of Laws

IN exercise of tile powers conferred upon him by sections 3(XS}

and 3 1(6) of the Education Act (Cap, 327), the Chancellor of the

University of Malta has promulgated the following bye·laws made by

the Board of the Faculty of Laws in vin ue of the powers conferred

upon it by section 37( 1) of tile said Act and which have been approved

by the Senate ortne University of Malta as required by section 37(2) of

the fil)id Act

Citation and interpretation

I. (1) These bye· laws may be cited as the Bye·Laws of 1997 for the Degree of

Master of Philosop hy . M.Phil. • in the Faculty of Laws.

In these Bye·laws unless the context otherwise requires -

(2)

""the Board" means the Board of the Faculty of Laws;

""the Degree" means the Degree of Master or Philosophy - M .Phil .

Applicability

These bye·laws shall be applicable from March 1994 onwards.

Registration

Applications shall be open to candidates who have graduated either with an

LLD .• or with a degree with Law as an area of study and were placed in the uppe r half

of the class ification in the exa minations of this or another university recognised for

this purpose by the Senate,

The Board may, in special cases, allow candidates who do nOl: satisfy the

requirements specified in Bye·Law 3 to register. Such applications shall include evi<knee

that the candidate has attained the level of proficiency stip ul ated in Bye·Law 3 and a

recommendation by a member of the academic staff willing to act as supervisor. The

Board may lay down addi tional requirements including the taking of one or more

qualifying examinations.

S. The applicati on for registration must include the ti tle o f the proposed

dissertation and a brief account o f il.

Disse rtation

L-appl iknzzjonij iet gl\ar- rcgistrazzjoni ghandhomj inkl udu H ittll proposl tad·

disscrtaT..zjoni u su nt laghtu.

Id.Dissertazzjoni

6 . Sakemm rna jkun A spcCifikat mod ichor mid· Dipartime nt koni:emal , id·

di sseruzzjo ni ma ghandhieA tltun itwal minn 50,000 kel ma,

Unless OIherwise specified by the DcpanffiCnt concerned , the length of the

dissenat ion shall not exceed 50.000 words.

A student shall be required to suhmit three copies o f the disscnation for

examination which must be adequately bound . Within o ne month of passing the

examination ofthedissenation , the student must submit two copies of the dissenation ,

one of which should be depos ited at the Univcrsity Library bound as follows

in clOlh (preferably black) with stiff boards and good quality end p.lpers: with

icuering (preferably in gold) OIl the front and spine showing

(1)

the name of the student ;

the title or shon title of the disscnatio n

(ii)

(iii)

the degree for which the dissenation is submitted; and

(i v) the yearofsubmiJ5ion .

Maps, diagrams , grap hs . print ed materia l. etc ., s hould be bound with the

di ssenation. but if this is nO! possible they should be presented separately in special

folden; or volumes and numbered.

The text must be typed on A4 sheets, on one side only. in double spacing and

with a margin of 40 mOl to the left and at least 20 mOl to the tOp, bottom and right.

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