Idea and Methods of Legal Research
Author P. Ishwara Bhat
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Table of Cases
Part- I: General
1. INTRODUCTION: LEGAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, PURPOSES ANDFOOTSTEPS
2. THINKING PROCESS IN LEGAL RESEARCH: DIVERSE METHODS
3. OBJECTIVITY, VALUE NEUTRALITY, ORIGINALITY AND ETHICS IN LEGAL RESEARCH
4. CHOOSING, DESIGNING, AND BUILDING THE LEGAL RESEARCH THEME
Part II: Doctrinal Legal Research Methods
5. DOCTRINAL LEGAL RESEARCH AS A MEANS OF SYNTHESISING FACTS, THOUGHTS AND LEGAL PRINCIPLES
6. ANALYTICAL LEGAL RESEARCH FOR EXPOUNDING THE LEGAL WOR(L)D
7. HISTORICAL METHOD OF LEGAL RESEARCH: IMPLICATIONS AND APPLICATIONS
8. PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH IN LAW: THE POSSIBILITIES
9. COMPARATIVE METHOD OF LEGAL RESEARCH - NATURE, PROCESS AND POTENTIALITY
Part III: Non-doctrinal Legal Research Methods
10. EMPIRICAL LEGAL RESEARCH: NATURE, FEATURES, AND EXPANDING HORIZONS
11. TOOLS OF DATA COLLECTION IN EMPIRICAL OR NON-DOCTRINAL LEGAL RESEARCH
12. QUALITATIVE LEGAL RESEARCH: A METHODOLOGICAL DISCOURSE
13. QUANTITATIVE LEGAL RESEARCH
Part IV: Integrated Methods of Legal Research
14. MULTI-METHOD LEGAL RESEARCH: NATURE, NEED, PROCEDURE, AND POTENTIALITY
15. CANONS, CONTOURS, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF POLICY RESEARCH IN LAW: A NOTE ON METHODOLOGICAL DISCOURSE
16. ACTION RESEARCH IN LAW: ROLE AND METHODS
17. METHODOLOGY OF FEMINIST LEGAL RESEARCH
Part V: Research Reporting
18. LEGAL WRITING BASED ON RESEARCH
Bibliography
Annexure
Index
About the author