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Researching Public Law in Common Law Systems
This original book fills a significant gap in legal literature by providing an exploration of research methodologies in public law; a field of research in which research methods are becoming increasingly prominent and sophisticated. Featuring thoughtful chapters written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides a thorough explanation of the key features, characteristics, and challenges of distinct methodological approaches to public law research.
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This original book fills a significant gap in legal literature by providing an exploration of research methodologies in public law, a field of research in which research methods are becoming increasingly prominent and sophisticated.
Featuring thoughtful chapters written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides a thorough explanation of the key features, characteristics, and challenges of distinct methodological approaches to public law research. Divided into four broad categories; traditional, institutional, technical and critical, chapters cover a wide range of approaches, from doctrinal and interpretive methods to empirical, socio-legal, and Marxist approaches. The book promotes critical reflection on many of the most common methodological approaches and aims to demystify research methodologies in public law for new scholars and interdisciplinary researchers alike.
Researching Public Law in Common Law Systems will be essential reading for academics and students in public law, suitable for advanced scholars and those who are new to the field. It will also be relevant to those with an interest in empirical methods, legal methods, and research methodologies more broadly in the social sciences.
Featuring thoughtful chapters written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides a thorough explanation of the key features, characteristics, and challenges of distinct methodological approaches to public law research. Divided into four broad categories; traditional, institutional, technical and critical, chapters cover a wide range of approaches, from doctrinal and interpretive methods to empirical, socio-legal, and Marxist approaches. The book promotes critical reflection on many of the most common methodological approaches and aims to demystify research methodologies in public law for new scholars and interdisciplinary researchers alike.
Researching Public Law in Common Law Systems will be essential reading for academics and students in public law, suitable for advanced scholars and those who are new to the field. It will also be relevant to those with an interest in empirical methods, legal methods, and research methodologies more broadly in the social sciences.
Critical Acclaim
‘Public law scholarship in recent years has become richer and more complex – expanding our capacity to address new questions, but also creating new methodological challenges. In this important new volume, Paul Daly and Joe Tomlinson bring together some of the leading public lawyers in the common law world to help unpack and navigate these challenges. Bringing together theoretical, doctrinal, sociolegal and comparative perspectives, the volume is essential reading for those new to and established in the field.’
– Rosalind Dixon, University of New South Wales, Australia
‘This excellent collection shines a bright light onto issues of method in public law research. It is a hugely useful and welcome contribution to the field, and is a “must-read” for anyone engaging seriously with the question of how we know what we think we know.’
– Simon Halliday, University of Strathclyde, UK
– Rosalind Dixon, University of New South Wales, Australia
‘This excellent collection shines a bright light onto issues of method in public law research. It is a hugely useful and welcome contribution to the field, and is a “must-read” for anyone engaging seriously with the question of how we know what we think we know.’
– Simon Halliday, University of Strathclyde, UK
Contributors
Contributors include: Farrah Ahmed, J.W.F. Allison, Helen Carr, Paul Daly, Ed Kirton Darling, Martin Loughlin, Emmett Macfarlane, Sarah Nason, Paul O’Connell, Adam Perry, Janna Promislow, Theunis Roux, Louise Thompson, Joe Tomlinson, Samuel Tschorne, Jason N.E. Varuhas
