Non-doctrinal Research Methods in Environmental Law

✍ Scribed by Paul Martin (editor), Solange Teles da Silva (editor), Marcia Leuzinger (editor), Miriam Verbeek (editor), Andrew Lawson (editor)

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Year: 2023
Tongue: English
Leaves: 272
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This timely book explores the innovative non-doctrinal methods currently being used in environmental law research. Drawing on their extensive experience, expert contributors provide insight on how creative approaches to research can improve understanding of law
and policy, leading to more effective legal protection for the environment.

Focusing on qualitative research, chapters explain how to use non-doctrinal methods in environmental law research, including in-depth examples of successful uses. Contributors identify the theoretical and practical challenges facing contemporary environmental law
researchers, providing guidance on designing productive research programs. Alongside practical tips, the book examines the scholarly philosophy of environmental law research, determining how and why it differs from other areas of research. It focuses in particular on how to respect scientific principles when moving away from traditional doctrinal research methods.

Non-doctrinal Research Methods in Environmental Law will be an invaluable guide for environmental law academics and researchers seeking to expand their understanding of modern research methods. With extensive case studies and practical guidance, it will also be a useful resource for research methods scholars and teachers.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Abbreviations
1. Introduction: Non-doctrinal Research Methods in Environmental Law
2. Non-doctrinal legal research to advance urban sustainability in the southern African context
3. Objective evaluation of environmental law
4. Futures methods for environmental law research
5. Economics methods in non-doctrinal environmental law research
6. Feminist methods in environmental law research
7. The limits of social science research in environmental law analysis
8. Using adaptive theory and multi-modal case study methods in environmental law research
9. Systems methods in non-doctrinal environmental law research
10. Legislative argumentation: Study of the Federal Executive Power Decrees combating deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest from 2019 to 2020
11. Sustaining ongoing environmental law research teams and programs
12. Bibliometric approaches in non-doctrinal research
13. Non-doctrinal methods: Fundamental challenges and possible directions
Index

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