User-friendly Legal Science

This book defines the characteristics of a new discipline that is both legal and scientific: user-friendly legal science.Focusing on how legal tools and practices can be used to achieve objectives in different contexts, it offers an alternative to doctrinal research, law-and-something disciplines, and the traditional interdisciplinary approach.The book not only defines the new discipline's research approach, point of view, theory-building, and research methods, it also shows how it relates to other scientific disciplines and how existing doctrinal legal disciplines can be upgraded into scientific disciplines.

Shows how law scholars can practice scientific research and close the gap to other social sciences Provides an alternative to doctrinal research, law-and-something disciplines, and the traditional interdisciplinary approach Defines a new legal discipline that can prevail in competition against other social sciences Expands the boundaries of legal science Shows how you can use theory to make legal research and education more practice-ready

Contenu

1. Introduction.- 2. Core Concepts, Research Approach and Reasoning.- 3. The Research Question, Theories and Methods.- 4. Use of Findings.- 5. System-building.- 6. Previous Attempts to Increase the Scientificity of Legal Science.- 7. Anomalies of Normal Legal Science, Applications of User-friendly Legal Science.- 8. Conclusions.