Introduces students to legalistic, theoretical, empirical, comparative
and cross-disciplinary research methods, grounded in working examples.
Drawing on actual research projects, Research Methods for Law
discusses how legal research as process impacts on research as product.
The author team has a broad range of teaching and research experience in
law, criminal justice and socio-legal studies, and give examples from
real-life research products to illustrate the theory.
New for this edition: a new chapter on inter- and cross-disciplinary
research - essential reading for international students and students
with a non-law first degree undertaking research in the areas of law,
criminology, psychology and sociology; research ethics has been expanded
to a full chapter that includes current plagiarism and imperfect
disclosure; existing chapters have been brought up-to-date with the
newest thinking in legal research.