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LL.M. HANDBOOK 2011-2012The following do count towards the word limit:Main text, Introduction, Conclusion, Footnotes, AppendicesThe following do not count towards the word limit:Table of Contents, Table of Cases, Table of Statutes, Table of Abbreviations, Bibliography,Title sheet, Coversheet (Form S3)Submission DeadlineThe thesis must be submitted (with the Coversheet, Form S3) to the LLM Administrator,Suzanne Wade, in the Faculty Office not later than 12 noon on Tuesday 1 May 2012.Preparing your Seminar Thesis for SubmissionThe seminar thesis must be typed double-spaced, but single-sided, on A4 paper.The seminar thesis must contain a bibliography detailing the sources from which thethesis is derived, including any written work which the candidate has submitted or isconcurrently submitting for any other degree, diploma, or other similar qualification.All seminar theses are examined anonymously. The examiners do not know thecandidate's name or college, but simply the candidate’s examination number. Thereforereference or acknowledgement should not be made in the thesis to teaching members ofthe Faculty or colleges, because this might identify the candidate. The candidate’s nameand college must appear only on the Coversheet (Form S3) of the thesis; they must notappear anywhere on the title sheet or in the seminar thesis itself.When you type your seminar thesis, you should type a title sheet, which should givethe following information:• The title of the seminar thesis• The number of the paper to which it relates• The name of the paper to which it relates• Your examination candidate number (if known) – but not your nameNo other information which could identify the candidate should appear on this page,or in the thesis itself.When assembling your seminar thesis, you should ensure that this title sheet is the toppage of your work and it should be bound with the rest of your thesis.The seminar thesis must be prefaced by the Coversheet (Form S3 – at the back of thishandbook) completed and signed by the candidate to declare that(i) the candidate has not previously published or submitted in respect of any degree ordiploma a paper on this topic;44