Contextualising Legal Research : A Methodological Guide / Sanne Taekema and Wibren van der Burg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taekema, Sanne, 1970- author.

Burg, Wibren van der, 1959- author.

Series:

Elgar studies in legal research methods.

Elgar Studies in Legal Research Methods Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legal research--Methodology.

Legal research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2024]

Summary:

"Providing a clear and concise guide to the practicalities of legal research, this informative book presents a methodological framework for law-in-context research design. It argues that legal scholarship relies on the interpretive and argumentative methods of the humanities, but also requires empirical input due to its focus on social reality. Contextualising Legal Research discusses core topics including research questions, methods, theoretical frameworks, evaluations and recommendations. It demonstrates how the contextualisation of doctrinal research is a gradual process: while sometimes researchers may include only the output of other disciplines, their research questions often require them to undertake more interdisciplinary research themselves. Ultimately, the book advocates a combination of doctrinal research, empirical disciplines and theoretical-normative perspectives, with extensive discussion on the contribution of the humanities to legal research. Promoting a practical examination of interdisciplinary doctrinal research, this book is an essential resource for master students and PhD candidates on research methods in law. It is also beneficial for researchers conducting doctrinal and interdisciplinary research."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Doctrinal Research

1. Introduction: Methodology of legal research

2. Relative autonomy: A characterisation of doctrinal legal scholarship

3. Methods of doctrinal research

4. Theoretical and normative frameworks for legal research

5. Methodologies for law-in-context research

Part II Interdisciplinary Doctrinal Research

6. The promises of interdisciplinary doctrinal research

7. Evaluations and recommendations

8. Problems of interdisciplinary research

9. Methodological design

Part III Law and Humanities

10. Law and humanities research: An introduction

11. Legal philosophy as an enrichment of doctrinal research

12. Law and ethics: Deepening normative arguments

13. Law and literature: Engagement with language

Part IV Concluding Reflections

14. Using interdisciplinary doctrinal research: Research for law reform.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Taekema, Sanne Contextualising Legal Research

ISBN:

9781035307395