
Research Methods in Law
Routledge (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 31. July 2025
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-1-032-71035-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Covering a range of topics, including feminist approaches, economic analysis of the law and socio-legal studies, each contributor addresses the topic of 'lay decision makers in the legal system' from their particular methodological perspective. This focus on one main topic allows the reader to draw comparisons between methods with relative ease. This third edition has been fully updated, and includes bullet point summaries at the start of each chapter. There are also two new chapters covering biographical approaches and creative approaches.
The broad range of contributors makes Research Methods in Law well suited to an international audience, and it is ideal reading for PhD students in law, undergraduate dissertation students in law, LL.M Research students and early year researchers.
Covering a range of topics, including feminist approaches, economic analysis of the law and socio-legal studies, each contributor addresses the topic of 'lay decision makers in the legal system' from their particular methodological perspective. This focus on one main topic allows the reader to draw comparisons between methods with relative ease. This third edition has been fully updated, and includes bullet point summaries at the start of each chapter. There are also two new chapters covering biographical approaches and creative approaches.
The broad range of contributors makes Research Methods in Law well suited to an international audience, and it is ideal reading for PhD students in law, undergraduate dissertation students in law, LL.M Research students and early year researchers.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung, 1 s/w Zeichnung, 1 s/w Tabelle
1 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
602 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-71035-8 (9781032710358)
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Persons
Dawn Watkins is Professor of Law at the University of Sheffield.
Mandy Burton is Professor of Law at Loughborough University.
Mandy Burton is Professor of Law at Loughborough University.
Content
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