An introduction to empirical legal research

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An introduction to empirical legal research

Lee Epstein, Andrew D. Martin

Oxford University Press, 2014

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-315) and index

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: hbk ISBN 9780199669059

内容説明

Is the death penalty a more effective deterrent than lengthy prison sentences? Does a judge's gender influence their decisions? Do independent judiciaries promote economic freedom? Answering such questions requires empirical evidence, and arguments based on empirical research have become an everyday part of legal practice, scholarship, and teaching. In litigation judges are confronted with empirical evidence in cases ranging from bankruptcy and taxation to criminal law and environmental infringement. In academia researchers are increasingly turning to sophisticated empirical methods to assess and challenge fundamental assumptions about the law. As empirical methods impact on traditional legal scholarship and practice, new forms of education are needed for today's lawyers. All lawyers asked to present or assess empirical arguments need to understand the fundamental principles of social science methodology that underpin sound empirical research. An Introduction to Empirical Legal Research introduces that methodology in a legal context, explaining how empirical analysis can inform legal arguments; how lawyers can set about framing empirical questions, conducting empirical research, analysing data, and presenting or evaluating the results. The fundamentals of understanding quantitative and qualitative data, statistical models, and the structure of empirical arguments are explained in a way accessible to lawyers with or without formal training in statistics. Written by two of the world's leading experts in empirical legal analysis, drawing on years of experience in training lawyers in empirical methods, An Introduction to Empirical Legal Research will be an invaluable primer for all students, academics, or practising lawyers coming to empirical research - whether they are embarking themselves on an empirical research project, or engaging with empirical arguments in their field of study, research, or practice.

目次

  • PART I: DESIGNING RESEARCH
  • PART II: COLLECTING AND CODING DATA
  • PART III: ANALYZING DATA
  • PART IV: COMMUNICATING DATA AND RESULTS
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780199669066

内容説明

Is the death penalty a more effective deterrent than lengthy prison sentences? Does a judge's gender influence their decisions? Do independent judiciaries promote economic freedom? Answering such questions requires empirical evidence, and arguments based on empirical research have become an everyday part of legal practice, scholarship, and teaching. In litigation judges are confronted with empirical evidence in cases ranging from bankruptcy and taxation to criminal law and environmental infringement. In academia researchers are increasingly turning to sophisticated empirical methods to assess and challenge fundamental assumptions about the law. As empirical methods impact on traditional legal scholarship and practice, new forms of education are needed for today's lawyers. All lawyers asked to present or assess empirical arguments need to understand the fundamental principles of social science methodology that underpin sound empirical research. An Introduction to Empirical Legal Research introduces that methodology in a legal context, explaining how empirical analysis can inform legal arguments; how lawyers can set about framing empirical questions, conducting empirical research, analysing data, and presenting or evaluating the results. The fundamentals of understanding quantitative and qualitative data, statistical models, and the structure of empirical arguments are explained in a way accessible to lawyers with or without formal training in statistics. Written by two of the world's leading experts in empirical legal analysis, drawing on years of experience in training lawyers in empirical methods, An Introduction to Empirical Legal Research will be an invaluable primer for all students, academics, or practising lawyers coming to empirical research - whether they are embarking themselves on an empirical research project, or engaging with empirical arguments in their field of study, research, or practice.

目次

  • 1. Some Preliminaries
  • PART I: DESIGNING RESEARCH
  • 2. Questions, Theories, Observable Implications
  • 3. Measurement
  • PART II: COLLECTING AND CODING DATA
  • 4. Collecting Data
  • 5. Coding Data
  • PART III: ANALYZING DATA
  • 6. Summarizing Data
  • 7. Statistical Interference
  • 8. Regression Analysis: The Basics
  • 9. Multiple Regression Analysis and Related Methods
  • PART IV: COMMUNICATING DATA AND RESULTS
  • 10. General Principles for Communicating and Visualizing Data
  • 11. Strategies for Presenting Data and Statistical Results
  • 12. Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix A: Supplementary Materials

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB1648665X
  • ISBN
    • 9780199669066
    • 9780199669059
  • LCCN
    2013937764
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Oxford
  • ページ数/冊数
    xiv, 324 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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