Research Methods in Law 3rd ed

Legal Profession

Research Methods in Law 3rd ed

Edited by Dawn Watkins · Mandy Burton
Routledge September 2025

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781032710341
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
September 2025
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Also available as

Hardback

Details

Explaining in clear terms some of the main methodological approaches to legal research, Research Methods in Law is written by specialists in their fields, researching in a variety of jurisdictions.

Covering a range of topics, including feminist approaches, economic analysis of the law and socio-legal studies, each contributor addresses the topic of ‘lay decision makers in the legal system’ from their particular methodological perspective. This focus on one main topic allows the reader to draw comparisons between methods with relative ease. This third edition has been fully updated, and includes bullet point summaries at the start of each chapter. There are also two new chapters covering biographical approaches and creative approaches.

The broad range of contributors makes Research Methods in Law well suited to an international audience, and it is ideal reading for PhD students in law, undergraduate dissertation students in law, LL.M Research students and early year researchers.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Doctrinal research Researching Jury
Terry Hutchinson
2. Socio-legal studies: A challenge to the doctrinal approach
Fiona Cowie 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. Biographical approaches: Using life writing as a research method
Fiona Cownie and Mandy Burton
8. Economic analysis of law, or economically informed legal research
Albert Sanchez-Graells
9. The Master’s Tools? A Feminist Approach to Legal and Lay Decision-Making
Vanessa E Munro
10. Law and anthropolpgy: legal pluralism and ‘lay’ decision making
Anthony Good
11. Creative Approaches
Dawn Watkins
12. Critical legal ‘method’ as attitude
Panu Minkkinen
HKD 529.49 −3%
HKD 545.87

Inclusive of HK delivery

Ready to ship
Delivery Time: around 4-5 weeks
Extra 2-10 working days if shipping address outside Hong Kong
  • Free HK shipping over HK$1,000
  • International shipping to 35+ countries
Order Form
Save

Recommended

You may also be interested in these books:

More titles from Legal Profession

View all
In-House
American Bar Association

In-House

David J. Parnell
HKD 1,000.00
Bewigged and Bewildered?
Hart Publishing

Bewigged and Bewildered?

Adam Kramer; Ian Higgins
HKD 315.12
Starting an IP Law Practice
American Bar Association

Starting an IP Law Practice

Ann M. Mueting
HKD 550.00
How to Moot
Oxford University Press

How to Moot

John Snape; Gary Watt
HKD 416.00
Lawyering and Positive Professional Identities
LexisNexis Australia

Lawyering and Positive Professional Identities

Rachael Field; James Duffy; Anna Huggins
HKD 459.00
Setting Up and Managing a Legal Practice, 4th edition
Law Society Publishing

Setting Up and Managing a Legal Practice, 4th edition

HKD 756.60