The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Research

by Herbert Kritzer and Peter Cane

The empirical study of law, legal systems and legal institutions is widely viewed as one of the most exciting and important intellectual developments in the modern history of legal research. Motivated by a conviction that legal phenomena can and should be understood not only in normative terms but also as social practices of political, economic and ethical significance, empirical legal researchers have used quantitative and qualitative methods to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019965994X
• ISBN13: 9780199659944
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 1112 Pages
• Weight: 4.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 6.8" x 9.6"