2014 Legal Research Methods and Methodologies Conference "Celebrating Diversity, Sharing Insights"
University of Bristol Law School
16th September 2014 9.00-5pm
The University of Bristol Law School invites abstracts for its 2014 Legal Research Methods and Methodologies Conference. This one-day conference aims to showcase methods and methodologies across doctrinal, conceptual, comparative, international, socio-legal and empirical research. It will enable researchers to present on their experiences of using legal research methods and to share the benefits and possible drawbacks of using particular methods.
This conference will also investigate how research methods and methodologies inform and are informed by legal research and how these relationships differ from, or overlap with, research methodologies in arts and humanities and social science scholarship. It seeks to raise the following research questions:
Abstracts must be sent no later than 18 July 2014 by email to the organising committee at [email protected]. It is anticipated that presentations will last approximately 15 minutes.
We ask contributors to provide an abstract of no more than 500 words that addresses the following areas:
· a detailed description of the primary method (or combination of methods) used to address a particular project;
· the journey embarked on in reaching the project’s research design and why certain methods and methodologies were chosen to be used in that particular project;
· the practical experience of using that method or methods, to include how any problems or limitations were addressed; and
· comment more generally on the rationale of using specific methods and their place in advancing our understanding of particular issues in the legal environment.
Contributors will be informed of the acceptance of their abstracts by 25 July 2014.
There is no fee to present or attend. To register to attend please email [email protected].
Please see the Key Dates section of this website for further information.
University of Bristol Law School
16th September 2014 9.00-5pm
The University of Bristol Law School invites abstracts for its 2014 Legal Research Methods and Methodologies Conference. This one-day conference aims to showcase methods and methodologies across doctrinal, conceptual, comparative, international, socio-legal and empirical research. It will enable researchers to present on their experiences of using legal research methods and to share the benefits and possible drawbacks of using particular methods.
This conference will also investigate how research methods and methodologies inform and are informed by legal research and how these relationships differ from, or overlap with, research methodologies in arts and humanities and social science scholarship. It seeks to raise the following research questions:
- How do legal research methodologies differ (or not) from arts and humanities or social science research methods?
- How are legal research methods distinct from other research methods, and is there a disciplinary ontology of research?
- How do legal researchers undertake research design?
- Is there a legal (and/or socio-legal) framing that informs research design in law?
- Does an interdisciplinary ‘law and …’ approach offer any different opportunities or challenges?
Abstracts must be sent no later than 18 July 2014 by email to the organising committee at [email protected]. It is anticipated that presentations will last approximately 15 minutes.
We ask contributors to provide an abstract of no more than 500 words that addresses the following areas:
· a detailed description of the primary method (or combination of methods) used to address a particular project;
· the journey embarked on in reaching the project’s research design and why certain methods and methodologies were chosen to be used in that particular project;
· the practical experience of using that method or methods, to include how any problems or limitations were addressed; and
· comment more generally on the rationale of using specific methods and their place in advancing our understanding of particular issues in the legal environment.
Contributors will be informed of the acceptance of their abstracts by 25 July 2014.
There is no fee to present or attend. To register to attend please email [email protected].
Please see the Key Dates section of this website for further information.