Research Methods in Law
3rd Edition
Published on 31. July 2025
290 pages
978-1-040-40565-9 (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
Illustrations
1 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
File size
13,80 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-40565-9 (9781040405659)
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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 (Terry Hutchinson) 2. Socio-Legal Studies (Fiona Cowie & Anthony Bradney) 3. Doing Empirical Research (Mandy Burton) 4. Legal Research in the Humanities (Steven Cammiss & Dawn Watkins) 5. Legal History (Philip Handler) 6. Comparative Law and its Methodology (Geoffrey Samuel) 7. Biographical Approaches (Fiona Cownie & Mandy Burton 8. Economic Analysis of Law (Albert Sanchez-Graells) 9. The Master's Tools? A Feminist Approach (Vanessa E Munro Vanessa Munro) 10. Law and Anthropology (Anthony Good) 11. Creative Approaches (Dawn Watkins) 12. Critical Legal 'Method' as Attitude (Panu Minkkinen)
