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3rd Edition

Research Methods in Law

Edited By Dawn Watkins, Mandy Burton Copyright 2026

290 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

290 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

290 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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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’... Read more

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Doctrinal Research Researching Jury (Terry Hutchinson)

2. Socio-Legal Studies (Fiona Cowie & Anthony Bradney)

3. Doing Empirical Research (Mandy Burton)

4. Legal Research in the Humanities (Steven Cammiss & Dawn Watkins)

5. Legal History (Philip Handler)

6. Comparative Law and its Methodology (Geoffrey Samuel)

7. Biographical Approaches (Fiona Cownie & Mandy Burton

8. Economic Analysis of Law (Albert Sanchez-Graells)

9. The Master’s Tools? A Feminist Approach (Vanessa E Munro Vanessa Munro)

10. Law and Anthropology (Anthony Good)

11. Creative Approaches (Dawn Watkins)

12. Critical Legal ‘Method’ as Attitude (Panu Minkkinen)

Editor(s)

Biography

Dawn Watkins is Professor of Law at the University of Sheffield.

Mandy Burton is Professor of Law at Loughborough University.

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