Research methods in law / edited by Dawn Watkins and Mandy Burton.

Contributor(s): Watkins, Dawn | Burton, MandyMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013Description: (vii, 156 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781299744653; 1299744656Subject(s): Legal research -- Methodology | LAW -- Essays | LAW -- General Practice | LAW -- Jurisprudence | LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism | LAW -- Practical Guides | LAW -- Reference | Legal research -- MethodologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Research methods in law.DDC classification: 340.072 LOC classification: K85 | .R47 2013
Contents:
1. Doctrinal research : researching the jury / Terry Hutchinson -- 2. Socio-legal studies : a challenge to the doctrinal approach / Fiona Cownie and Anthony Bradney -- 3. Doing empirical research : exploring the decision-making of magistrates and juries / Mandy Burton -- 4. Legal research in the humanities / Steven Cammiss and Dawn Watkins -- 5. Legal history / Philip Handler -- 6. Comparative law and its methodology / Geoffrey Samuel -- 7. Critical legal 'method' as attitude / Panu Minkkinen.
Summary: "The aim of this book is to explain in clear terms some of the main methodological approaches in legal research. This is an edited collection, with each chapter written by specialists in their field, researching in a variety of jurisdictions. Each contributor addresses the topic of 'lay decision makers in the legal system' from one particular methodological perspective, explaining how they would approach the issue and discussing why their particular method might, or might not, be suited to this topic."--Publisher website.
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1. Doctrinal research : researching the jury / Terry Hutchinson -- 2. Socio-legal studies : a challenge to the doctrinal approach / Fiona Cownie and Anthony Bradney -- 3. Doing empirical research : exploring the decision-making of magistrates and juries / Mandy Burton -- 4. Legal research in the humanities / Steven Cammiss and Dawn Watkins -- 5. Legal history / Philip Handler -- 6. Comparative law and its methodology / Geoffrey Samuel -- 7. Critical legal 'method' as attitude / Panu Minkkinen.

"The aim of this book is to explain in clear terms some of the main methodological approaches in legal research. This is an edited collection, with each chapter written by specialists in their field, researching in a variety of jurisdictions. Each contributor addresses the topic of 'lay decision makers in the legal system' from one particular methodological perspective, explaining how they would approach the issue and discussing why their particular method might, or might not, be suited to this topic."--Publisher website.

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