2014 Legal Research Methods and Methodologies Conference
Programme of Events
University of Bristol - Tuesday 16 September 2014
Programme of Events
University of Bristol - Tuesday 16 September 2014
Registration
9.00 - 9.30
Opening remarks by Professor Antonia Layard
9.30 – 9.45
Introductory lectures session one
“Celebrating diversity, sharing insights”
9.45 – 10.45
Coffee break
10.45 – 11.15
Introductory lectures session two
“Celebrating diversity, sharing insights”
11.15 – 12.15
Lunch break
12.15 – 1.15
Parallel panel sessions
Panel One
“Methodologies in practice: ‘Riding the waves’ ”
1.15 - 2.45
Panel Two
“The challenges of human participation”
1.15 – 2.45
Coffee break
2.45 – 3.15
Parallel panel sessions
Panel Three
“Doctrinal dilemmas”
3.15 - 4.45
Panel Four
“Interdisciplinary perspectives”
3.15 – 4.45
Concluding remarks
4.45 – 5.00
9.00 - 9.30
Opening remarks by Professor Antonia Layard
9.30 – 9.45
Introductory lectures session one
“Celebrating diversity, sharing insights”
9.45 – 10.45
Coffee break
10.45 – 11.15
Introductory lectures session two
“Celebrating diversity, sharing insights”
11.15 – 12.15
Lunch break
12.15 – 1.15
Parallel panel sessions
Panel One
“Methodologies in practice: ‘Riding the waves’ ”
1.15 - 2.45
Panel Two
“The challenges of human participation”
1.15 – 2.45
Coffee break
2.45 – 3.15
Parallel panel sessions
Panel Three
“Doctrinal dilemmas”
3.15 - 4.45
Panel Four
“Interdisciplinary perspectives”
3.15 – 4.45
Concluding remarks
4.45 – 5.00
2014 Legal Research Methods and Methodologies Conference
Order of Speakers
University of Bristol - Tuesday 16 September 2014
Order of Speakers
University of Bristol - Tuesday 16 September 2014
INTRODUCTORY LECTURES
Session one (9.45 – 10.45)
Professor Julian Rivers, University of Bristol
Doctrinal research as a method
Professor Rachel Murray, University of Bristol
International doctrinal analysis
Professor David Cowan, University of Bristol
Theory as a method
Session two (11.15 – 12.15)
David Barrett, University of Bristol
The opportunities and challenges of interdisciplinary research
Professor Judith Masson, University of Bristol
The pre-proceedings process for care proceedings: mixing methods to examine operation and impact
Dr Corinne Funnell, University of the West of England
Ethnography and observational methods
PANEL ONE “METHODOLOGIES IN PRACTICE: ‘RIDING THE WAVES’ ” (1.15 – 2.45)
Roundtable Discussion on Methodologies in Practice: Using their own experiences of designing and carrying out their socio-legal research methodologies the panel will discuss some of the challenges they have faced, including in the areas of visual research, participatory action research, regulatory perspectives, actor-network theory, quantitative analysis and discourse analysis.
The panel will consist of the following members:
Emily Kakoullis, University of Bristol (Chair)
Janet McKnight, University of Kent
Abi Dymond, University of Bristol
Janine Sargoni, University of Bristol
PANEL TWO "THE CHALLENGES OF HUMAN PARTICIPATION” (1.15 - 2.45)
Chaired by Jessica Hambly, University of Bristol
Dr Corinne Funnell, University of the West of England
“Run!”: the ‘knowns’ and ‘unknowns’ of qualitative criminology
Konstantinos Panagos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece and visiting student, University of Oxford
The ‘pains’ of doing social research in prisons: Methodological issues in exploring the effects of inmates’ unwritten rules on the implementation of criminal law
Dr David Collins, City University London
Start-Ed, Pro-bono legal advice clinic at the City Law School of City University London
PANEL THREE "DOCTRINAL DILEMMAS" (3.15 – 4.45)
Chaired by James Kolaczkowski, University of Bristol
David Reader, ESRC Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia
Lessons from the management of public interest considerations in international merger control: a comparative analysis
Dr Jule Mulder, University of Leicester
A Multi-layered culturally-informed method to compare harmonised law
Mary Guy, University of East Anglia
Competition law, public procurement rules, merger control and economic regulation in the Dutch and English healthcare sectors – a comparative doctrinal approach
PANEL FOUR "INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES" (3.15 - 4.45)
Chaired by David Barrett, University of Bristol
Professor Antonia Layard, University of Bristol
Storytelling as legal method
Michelle Lim, Dundee Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science (under the auspices of UNESCO), University of Dundee
“Is this really legal research?”
The place of non-doctrinal methodologies in environmental law scholarship
Sigrun Valderhaug Larsen, Lancaster University
Mapping reconciliation in transitional criminal justice: a corpus linguistic approach