Law students’ descriptions of legal reasoning

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-04-19 DOI:10.1080/03069400.2022.2057754

Anne Haarala-Muhonen, Heidi Hyytinen, Tarja Tuononen, S. Melander

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This study is an exploration of bachelor-level law students’ descriptions of legal reasoning in a large multidisciplinary university in Finland. Thirty students participated in this qualitative study. The participants comprised three student groups: first-year students (n = 10), second-year students (n = 10) and third-year students (n = 10). The data were first collected via semi-structured interviews and then analysed by using qualitative content analysis. The results revealed variation in students’ descriptions of legal reasoning. Most shared the view that legal reasoning comprised legal knowledge. However, some students emphasised the view that legal reasoning includes both skills and a certain mindset to use legal knowledge. The students’ descriptions of legal reasoning varied between the student groups. The third-year students were more often able to provide detailed and coherent perceptions of their legal reasoning than the first- and second-year students. The conceptions bear consequences for the learning processes. Thus, the results imply that the development of legal reasoning needs to be facilitated systematically during university studies.

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法律学生对法律推理的描述

摘要本研究旨在探讨芬兰一所大型多学科大学的法学本科学生对法律推理的描述。30名学生参加了这次定性研究。参与者包括三组学生:一年级学生(n = 10)，二年级学生(n = 10)和三年级学生(n = 10)。数据首先通过半结构化访谈收集，然后使用定性内容分析进行分析。结果显示，学生对法律推理的描述存在差异。大多数人都认为，法律推理包括法律知识。然而，一些学生强调，法律推理既包括技能，也包括运用法律知识的某种心态。学生对法律推理的描述在学生群体之间有所不同。与一年级和二年级的学生相比，三年级的学生通常能够提供详细和连贯的法律推理感知。这些概念会对学习过程产生影响。因此，研究结果表明，法律推理的发展需要在大学学习期间得到系统的促进。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.