%%EOF This service is more advanced with JavaScript availableThe book attempts to describe and criticize four methods used in legal practice, legal dogmatics and legal theory: logic, analysis, argumentation and hermeneutics. 9 0 obj<> endobj 0000006209 00000 n It seems to be amalgam of various theories of law, as it touches virtually various facets of law courses. Apart from a presentation of basic ideas connected with the above mentioned methods, the essays contained in this book seek to answer questions concerning the assumptions standing behind these methods, the limits of using them and their usefulness in the practice and theory of law. The panorama, sketched like this, allows one to reflect deeply on the questions concerning the methodological conditioning of legal science and the existence of a unique, specific legal method. 0000005543 00000 n 11 0 obj<>stream startxref 9 27 Designed to serve as a handbook for research methods courses with its coverage of the principal research traditions, the book will also appeal to students of related disciplines who have an interest in legal issues including those from criminology, sociology, psychology, government, politics … The authors argue that there exists no such method. 0 0000002039 00000 n 0000001395 00000 n > In methodology, what is doctrinal research? As of May 2013, 18 states and the District of Columbia have abolished the death penalty. 0000001038 00000 n About the Editors. A specific feature of the book is that in one study four different, sometimes competing concepts of legal method are discussed.
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There are distinguished methods of legal reasoning (applying the law) and methods of interpreting (construing) the law. follows certain scientific methods. They claim that the methodologies presented in the book may serve as a basis for constructing a coherent and useful conception of legal thinking. 0000027831 00000 n However, the finding law is not so easy. The sources of data are legal and appellate court decisions. x�b```���l2 ���ca�X��ބ�a)P�i�� !$ �>���;�L���v09�0��9�Pʨ�tv��^�T��,���l b� �.i Methods of Execution Used in Capital Punishment and States That Have Abolished the Death Penalty. 0000003026 00000 n 0000013178 00000 n 0000002542 00000 n trailer 0000013610 00000 n In this context, legal research may be defined as ‘systematic’ finding law on a particular point and making advancement in the science of law. 0000013831 00000 n endstream endobj 10 0 obj<> endobj 12 0 obj<> endobj 13 0 obj<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/ExtGState<>>> endobj 14 0 obj<> endobj 15 0 obj<> endobj 16 0 obj<> endobj 17 0 obj<> endobj 18 0 obj<> endobj 19 0 obj<> endobj 20 0 obj<>stream Legal methods. Any such conception, however, must recognize its own assumptions and limitations, resulting from adopting a specific philosophical stance.Over 10 million scientific documents at your fingertips
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The panorama, sketched like this, allows one to reflect deeply on the questions concerning the methodological conditioning of legal science and the existence of a unique, specific legal method. Legal method is a compulsory core law subject. The book attempts to describe and criticize four methods used in legal practice, legal dogmatics and legal theory: logic, analysis, argumentation and hermeneutics.