- Author(s): Mike McConville, Wing Hong Chui
- Publisher: Universal LexisNexis
- Edition: 1 Ed Ind Rp 2013
- ISBN 13 9789350353608
- Approx. Pages 239 + contents
- Format Paperback
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Description
Research Methods for Law introduces undergraduate and posstgraduate students to available methods of research - legalistic, empirical, comparative and theoretical-drawing on actual research projects as examples. The book is written by a team of contributors with a abroad range of teaching and research experience in law, criminal justice and socio-legal studies.
Designed to serve as a handbook for research methods course with its coverage of the priciple research traditions, the book will also appeal to students of related disciplines who have an interest in legal issues including those from criminology, sociology, psychology, government, politics and social adminiostration. The rich mix of general lessons, theoretical engagement and practical examples will be of real value to students.
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Contents
Introduction and Overview
Mike Dobinson and Francis Johns
1. Qualitative Legal Research
I an Dobinson and Francis Johns
2. Quantitive Legal Research
Wing Hong Chui
3. Doing Ethnographic Research: Lessons from a Case Study
Satnam Choongh
4. Comparative Legal Scholarship
Geoffrey Wilson
5. Intergrating Theory and Method in the Comparative Contextual Aalysis of Trial Process
Mark Findlay and Ralph Henham
6. Researching the Landless Movement in Brazil
George Meszaros
7. Non-empirical Discovery in Legal Scholarship - Choosing, Researching and
Writing a Traditional Scholarly Article
Micheal Pendleton
8. Researching International Law
Stephen Hall
9. Development of Empirical Techniques and Theory
Mike Mcconville
Notes on Contributors
Index
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