Writing the Report

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The report is the only part of the research anybody will see, and MU prescribes its physical form in detail, so a student should comply with the form exactly and spend their effort on the writing.

In the wording a student can write in an exam: the research report is the written presentation of the investigation, comprising the preliminary matter, the body divided into chapters, and the end matter of appendices, bibliography and webliography; the University of Mumbai prescribes for the LL.M. dissertation a body of 100 to 150 pages besides the pre-body and post-body matter, A4 paper with stated margins, a stated font and size, one and a half line spacing, page numbers at the bottom right, hard black cover binding with golden embossing, and the enclosure of the plagiarism report in an appendix.

MU's prescribed form, exactly

Length. Dissertation: a minimum of 100 to 150 pages for the body, besides the pre-body such as the index and the post-body such as the bibliography. Interdisciplinary project: a minimum of 75 pages.

Paper. A4, and back to back printing is allowed, the notice adding that this saves paper and the environment.

Margins. Left 2 inches for binding; right 1 inch; top 1 inch; bottom 1 inch.

Font. Times New Roman or Calibri. Size 12 for the text, 14 for sub-headings and 16 for headings.

Line spacing. 1.5.

Page numbers. At the bottom of the page, right hand corner.

Binding. Hard black cover for the dissertation. For the interdisciplinary project no hard cover binding is needed, only properly stapled or spiral binding.

Cover page embossing. Golden letters, carrying the title, the name of the student, the name of the guide, the group, and the month and year of submission.

Two express notes. Do not print the University logo on any page of the dissertation or the interdisciplinary project. And attach the plagiarism report for both.

Submission. Two hard copies of each; a pen drive inside the last cover page with the soft copies, with the name, group and year written on it; signatures on the declaration, statement and preface; the attendance sheet signed and a mobile number given; and the seat number noted from the attendance sheet.

Comply with all of that exactly. It costs an afternoon, it is entirely within the student's control, and departing from it invites a comment before anybody has read a sentence.

The parts of the report

Preliminary matter. Title page; certificate of the guide; declaration by the student; acknowledgements; index or table of contents; list of tables and figures; list of abbreviations; and list of cases and statutes, which is conventional in legal writing and useful.

The body, in the chapters MU prescribes, chapter 1320.