Comments on: Plagiarising ‘plagiarism’ http://www.cearta.ie/2009/01/plagiarising-plagiarism/ the Irish for rights Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:43:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cearta.ie » Updates http://www.cearta.ie/2009/01/plagiarising-plagiarism/comment-page-1/#comment-6622 cearta.ie » Updates Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:40:18 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=1497#comment-6622 [...] It’s Culture, Not Morality (hat tip: Ninth Level Ireland) updates Plagiarising ‘plagiarism’ [...] [...] It’s Culture, Not Morality (hat tip: Ninth Level Ireland) updates Plagiarising ‘plagiarism’ [...]

]]> By: CharonQC http://www.cearta.ie/2009/01/plagiarising-plagiarism/comment-page-1/#comment-6386 CharonQC Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:49:55 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=1497#comment-6386 Nice One.... the problem is endemic in law schools. I was an examiner for nearly 25 years and marking coursework could be a nightmare. Always amused me when students lifted passages from my own course handbook. They could have showed a bit more style and gone for broke by extracting Chitty or Treitel! Mind you, I know both those works well... but give me some credit for knowing my own course textbooks! Nice One…. the problem is endemic in law schools. I was an examiner for nearly 25 years and marking coursework could be a nightmare.

Always amused me when students lifted passages from my own course handbook. They could have showed a bit more style and gone for broke by extracting Chitty or Treitel! Mind you, I know both those works well… but give me some credit for knowing my own course textbooks!

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