This has helped to combine doctrinal analysis with empirical legal scholarship. We are now infusing legal research with techniques and approaches from the humanities and the social sciences. We are ...
What is research methodology? Why study empirical legal research methods? Precisely because our experience tells us that when students in the Faculty of Laws are asked to draw up a research question, ...
The University of South Africa (UNISA) offers a comprehensive Higher Certificate in Paralegal Studies, and the Paralegal Advice course, designed for those looking to support legal professionals in administrative and procedural tasks. The course covers essential areas like legal research, drafting, and an introduction to South African law.
Introducing the Journal of Law and Empirical Analysis: A new peer-reviewed publication dedicated to the growing field of empirical legal studies. This interdisciplinary journal features 10 articles in ...
Cressida’s socio-legal research is in the field of medical law, focussing in particular on mental capacity, mental health and end of life decision-making. Her research lies at the intersection of law, ...
Information is provided for reference purposes only. Empirical bioethics is a relatively new field that seeks to integrate ethical (normative) research with empirical research. Academics working in ...
An empirical study is research based on direct observation or measurement of real-world phenomena, rather than on theory, logic, or personal belief alone. If a researcher collects data by observing, surveying, experimenting, or measuring something firsthand, the resulting work is empirical.
As befits a social science institution such as LSE, our academics conduct a range of empirical research which is both quantitative and qualitative in nature. Dr Andy Summers is presently using tax ...