Research Methods in Law

Explaining in clear terms some of the main methodological approaches to legal research, Research Methods in Law is written by specialists in their fields, researching in a variety of jurisdictions and covering a range of topics, including feminist approaches, economic analysis of the law and socio-legal studies.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, 1. Doctrinal research Researching Jury, 2. Socio-legal studies: A challenge to the doctrinal approach, 3. Doing empirical research: Exploring the decision-making of magistrates and juries, 4. Legal research in the humanities, 5. Legal history, 6. Comparative law and its methodology, 7. Biographical approaches: Using life writing as a research method, 8. Economic analysis of law, or economically informed legal research, 9. The Master's Tools? A Feminist Approach to Legal and Lay Decision-Making, 10. Law and anthropolpgy: legal pluralism and 'lay' decision making, 11. Creative Approaches, 12. Critical legal 'method' as attitude

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Dawn Watkins is Professor of Law at the University of Sheffield.
Mandy Burton is Professor of Law at Loughborough University.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Dawn (University of Leicester Watkins
• Mitarbeit: Mandy Burton (Herausgeber), Watkins Dawn (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheint: 25.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032710341
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3271034-1
• Seiten: 280
• Themen: Sachbuch > Psychologie, Esoterik, Spiritualität, Anthroposophie > Angewandte Psychologie; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Allgemeines, Lexika; LAW / General, LAW / Legal Education, Study & learning skills: general, Law & society, Study and learning skills: general, Law and society, sociology of law, Legal system: general, Legal systems: general