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Research Methods In Law And Legal Studies

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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DOING LEGAL RESEARCH

AND JUSTIFYING YOUR METHODOLOGY
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DOCTRINAL RESEARCH

  • When is it appropriate?
  • Systemise, rectify and clarify law
  • Use interpretive tools to evaluate legal rules
  • Objective vs. subjective perspectives
  • Content analysis
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EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

  • When is it appropriate?
  • Reading, talking, looking
  • Fixed vs. flexible
  • The importance of epistemology
  • Theory and concepts
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COLLECTING QUALITATIVE DATA

  • Role of the researcher
  • Sample
  • Access
  • Legal/ethical issues
  • Triangulation
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ANALYSING QUALITATIVE DATA

  • Transcribing
  • Coding and fragmenting
  • Connections between concepts
  • Hypotheses
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DRAWING VALID CONCLUSIONS

  • Recognising bias
  • Representativeness
  • Researcher effects
  • Unjustified leaps
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