Advanced Introduction to Legal Research Methods 2nd ed

This fully revised second edition critically explores the various ways in which researchers methodologically engage with the study of law. Reflecting on the linguistic turn in legal scholarship, Ernst Hirsch Ballin’s ambitious extension of the first edition guides researchers to position themselves within a range of methodological approaches and place their work at the service of legal development.

Key features:

• Methodologically engages with traditional forms of legal research
• Indicates avenues for future research and examines new perspectives in the field
• Explores law as a normative dimension of relationships between people, expressed and developed through language
• Explores the challenges new legal scholarship is faced with such as artificial intelligence, climate change, and the weakening of the international legal order

Scholars and students undertaking legal research will find the insights of this second edition invaluable when reflecting on the methods and purposes of their study. Ballin’s exploration of the nature of law will also greatly benefit scholars in legal theory and philosophy.