AI liability gaps
Does the existing negligence framework adequately allocate liability for harm caused by autonomous decision systems in England and Wales?
Doctrinal analysis with a genuine unresolved gap.
Stress-test this questionDissertation topics
Law dissertation topics and research questions
A law dissertation needs a legal problem, not a legal summary. Each angle below has a live tension a court, statute or regulator has not settled.
Topic angles with worked research questions
Online safety and expression
How does the Online Safety Act's duty of care interact with Article 10 protections?
Recent, contested, and rich in secondary commentary.
Stress-test this questionSentencing consistency
To what extent do published sentencing remarks reveal inconsistent application of guideline factors?
Socio-legal document analysis using publicly available judgments.
Stress-test this questionCoach modes for law
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- 1Guided setupFifteen minutes from blank page to Big Idea, research question and three sources.
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- 4Literature matrixRecord sources, spot the gap and build your argument from the evidence.
- 5Methodology labChoose and defend a design that actually answers your question.
Guides to read next
- What is a research gap?
Research gaps explained in plain English: the main types of gap, how to find one in your reading, and how to write a gap statement you can defend.
- How to write a literature review
How to move from a list of summaries to a synthesised, argued literature review that sets up your research question.
- Academic writing in the third person
How to write in an academic register without sounding robotic, when first person is acceptable, and how to convert your own sentences.
Law dissertation questions students ask
- Do law dissertations need a methodology chapter?
- Often a short one: state whether the work is doctrinal, comparative or socio-legal and justify your source selection.
- How current must my sources be?
- Case law and statute must be current to submission. Note the date your law is stated as.
Related research: choose a topic
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How to choose a dissertation topic
A practical method for choosing a dissertation topic you can actually research: start from curiosity, test feasibility, and narrow until the topic is doable.
What is a research gap?
Research gaps explained in plain English: the main types of gap, how to find one in your reading, and how to write a gap statement you can defend.
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