Full Description
Empirical legal research is a growing field of academic expertise, yet lawyers are not always familiar with the possibilities and limitations of the available methods. Empirical Legal Research in Action presents readers with first-hand experiences of empirical research on law and legal issues.
The chapters, written by an international cast of scholars, reflect on the methods that they have applied in their own empirical work, spanning a wide breadth of research from psychological experiments in personal injury to field studies in criminology. Empirical Legal Research in Action not only reviews the advantages, limitations and challenges that such methods pose but also considers the value of empiricism to lawyers and the law. Vitally, the contributions offer an academic reflection on methodological challenges, as well as the relevance, of empirical research for lawyers.
This insightful book will be useful reading for academic researchers in law and for policymakers seeking to understand the methodological challenges of empirical work in legal research. Social sciences scholars will also find this book of interest to appreciate the multitude of methods in empirical legal research.
Contributors include: B. Boppre, J. Crijns, P. Desmet, C. Engel, J. Etienne, I. Giesen, H. Grootelaar, P. Mascini, C.P. Reinders Folmer, M. Rorie, S.S. Simpson, W. Voermans, W.H. van Boom, K. van den Bos, I. van Oorschot
Contents
Contents:
1. Empirical legal research: charting the terrain
Willem H. van Boom, Pieter Desmet and Peter Mascini
2. Conducting experiments and surveys in the field of administrative justice: on the importance of fair procedures in governance
Hilke A. M. Grootelaar and Kees van den Bos
3. Experimental criminal law: a survey of contributions from law, economics and criminology
Christoph Engel
4. Experimental approaches to private law: the case of redressing personal injury
Christopher P. Reinders Folmer
5. Factorial survey research in the study of environmental regulatory processes
Melissa Rorie, Sally S. Simpson and Breanna Boppre
6. Case studies in administrative law: the example of self-reporting rules in the regulation of business activities
Julien Etienne
7. Cases under construction
Irene van Oorschot and Peter Mascini
8. A traditional lawyer's perspective on the importance of ELS for legal scholarship
Jan H. Crijns, Ivo Giesen and Wim Voermans
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