Contemporary Methods in International Legal Research - Between Legal Interpretivism and Empirical Inquiry

This book is a concise practical guide to some of the most relevant ways of thinking and doing international legal research today. It is designed to help students and early career researchers to get acquainted with the theory and practice of a selection of non-doctrinal modes of legal research that include feminist international law, critical international law and TWAIL, complemented with qualitative methods of empirical legal research. The book also encourages a meaningful dialogue with traditional doctrinal styles of legal research. The book's most innovative aspect is its practical, learner-centred approach, which focuses on the applied learning of the modes of research presented.

List of contents

Introduction.- Legal Methods in the Context of Social Thought.- Mainstream Approaches to International Law.- Critical International Law.- Feminist Approaches to International Law.- Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL).- Empirical Legal Research.

About the author

Juan J. Garcia Blesa (PhD) is senior research associate at the University of Hagen in Germany where he coordinates the international PhD training program in law. He teaches seminars on public international law and contemporary approaches to legal research. Juan's current research interests focus on the relationship between human rights and international economic law in international dispute settlement mechanisms. He also holds a long-standing interest in matters relating to critical legal scholarship, rhetorical analysis of law and international legal cultures. Juan has also led a number of international academic projects for external organizations such as the Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and the EU Commission.

Product details

• Assisted by: Juan J Garcia Blesa (Editor), Juan J Garcia Blesa (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.10.2024
• EAN: 9783031695216
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3169521-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Illustrations: V, 192 p. 10 illus., 5 illus. in color.
• Series: Springer Textbooks in Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Human Rights, Internationales Öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, International Law, Public International Law, Research Methods, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, legal research, sources of international law, legal methodology, Feminist Approaches, TWAIL, International Legal Research, Empirical Legal Research, Alternative Approaches, Critical International Law